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wolfruff ,

Another vouch for Xournal++ here. Never in my life have I been so frustrated with software until I was asked to sign a pdf. I also learned this is the entire reason Docusign was created.

Forget editing any wording yourself either unless you want to spend forever fixing the formatting. The ultimate software as a service is paying to edit a fucking document. When I found Xournal it was like finding gold in the ocean as it was seriously the only decent option on Linux.

Kalcifer ,
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For annotating PDFs:

For arranging PDFs:

DirigibleProtein ,

Depends what you’re trying to do and what created the pdf. pdftools are good, but they’re command line tools which might not be your scene (dnf/apt/zypper search pdf). Inkscape, Libreoffice are usually a good gui compromise.

filister ,

Libre office Draw also works for basic editing

user224 ,
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But from experience, it won't properly load existing PDFs. At least not the ones it didn't make. At the very least, it tends to strip the font.

Arghblarg ,
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I have used Krita to edit 1-2 page PDFs, but it's clunky as each page is its own layer. If you're looking for something that lets you add notes to an entire book or something... probably not useful.

owenfromcanada ,
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Scribus works, but it's not terribly user friendly. I've looked around for a while for something that is easy to work with, but haven't found anything better. For some forms, I end up needing to fire up my Windows VM and run Adobe.

CorneliusTalmadge ,
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If you have libreOffice installed I believe you can edit pdfs in Draw.

You can also try Inkscape.

phorq ,

I've used Xournal++ before for adding things like signatures to pdfs

Max_P ,
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Okular and Xournal++ both do well for annotating an existing PDF, but you can only add not remove or modify.

For modifying, LibreOffice will do it at the expense of the layout getting seriously mangled even on the simplest of PDFs.

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