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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by over_clox@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.world

I'm running Termux with XFCE desktop on Android. I only just realized that the only program I currently have installed that can properly open PDFs is GIMP, and that's extreme overkill as I just want a lightweight reader, no need to manipulate them as images ya know.

Also, related side question, are there any lightweight Linux terminal programs that can export PDF as plain text? I'm kinda hoping to pipe the text output of George Orwell 1984 through espeak reader and have Linux read it out to me...

Edit: Plain text and speech engine questions solved, and rather simple no less. This is the refined version BTW, --stdin is necessary to make espeak read the entire document.

pdftotext go-1984.pdf -|espeak --stdin

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[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

My bad. I didn't see the other post about Firefox.

Not using Chrome solves the weights.bin problem, of course, but if I had no choice, I'd maybe replace weights.bin with a read-only zero-size file to see what happens.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Hahaha! I like your train of thought, I'd love to know the results of a read-only zero-size weights.bin file!

For realz though, I'm running Termux on a tablet with only 3GB RAM and barely able to keep ~3.5GB storage space free at any given moment, so Chrome ain't getting any of my attention ya know..

this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2026
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