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