I use playonlinux and installed Adobe Reader X. Works fine. It dies from time to time, but usually works for me. 

On Oct 11, 2017 11:40, "ac via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 10:18:31 -0400
Dhaval Giani via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:16 AM, Myles Braithwaite 👾 <me@mylesb.ca>
> wrote:
> > Dhaval Giani via talk wrote:
> >> However the government of Canada (in its infinite wisdom) has
> >> mandated that to open and fill their forms, one use Adobe Reader.
> >> (As an example see
> >> http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/citizen/CIT0002E-2.pdf ).
> >> Alternatives?
> > Not sure if you tried this yet but Adobe released a version of
> > Acrobat Reader for Linux in 2013 you can still download off their
> > FTP server:
> > <ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/>.
> Hi Myles,
> I thought about it. But 4 yr old software, from a company that has a
> history of security issues? :-). Not my first choice.
>
//adjust tinfoil to scratch head

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/technology/kaspersky-lab-israel-russia-hacking.html

the NSA also has "assets"? **amazed**  - wondering who else has assets
and how these assets work :)

Andre
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