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Evince PDF viewer rolled back to gtk2 version

September 19, 2026 — BarryK

I continue to be frustrated with Evince. This post from peasythope reminded me:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=17445

Yes, 1-pixel wide window borders, how useless. I also think the UI is poorly designed.

The old gtk2 version of Evince, on the otherhand, has normal system window decorations and a very sensible UI. Makes me wonder if there was a change of developers when moving to gtk3.

Anyway, I have decided to go back to the gtk2 Evince for the next release of EasyOS. It does lack support for some file formats, but handles PDF well, as far as I can recall.   

Tags: easy