Feature request: Linux port

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Would there be much work involved in porting Orion to Linux? 

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 15 Apr 2013 at 7:57

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Linux on tablets?

Original comment by mikhael.bogdanov on 17 Apr 2013 at 9:03

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Orion is good enough to be useful on a Desktop computer. It has features that 
aren't available with Okular and Evince (the two main pdf viewers on Linux). 

And yes, Linux on tablets is coming soon (a developer preview is already 
available). See: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Touch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_for_Android

Original comment by [email protected] on 17 Apr 2013 at 10:43

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In worst case it would be necessary to rewrite all UI and controls, pdf/djvu 
rendering parts will be same. But seems that it should be possible to run 
android applications on Desktop cause Linux and Android have same kernel maybe 
some Linux distros will be support android applications out of box. I found 
IcedRobot and Alien Dalvik doing smth similar.
What features of Orion doesn't avaliable in Ocular and Evince?

Original comment by mikhael.bogdanov on 20 Apr 2013 at 6:14

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Traversal patterns, custom cropping, rotation, built-in file manager, external 
dictionary support, day/night mode... and also the fact that Orion is made to 
run on tablets, so when Linux tablets become available in 2014 it would be 
great to have the touchscreen features that are understandably absent in Okular 
and Evince.

Original comment by [email protected] on 20 Apr 2013 at 10:53