I’ve never referred to Reader but to Flash. However it seems (I’ve not checked yet) Adobe decided to restart to develop Flash NPAPI plugin for Linux again.
About Reader I’ve never tried it on linux because Okular fit al my needs.
You could file a package request at https://issues.openmandriva.org/ and under importance select trivial/enhancement.
At one time I had a need for Adobe Reader/Acrobat specifically and at that time it was in Mandrake/Mandriva repository. Now Okular is sufficient for me.
Over time it seems Linux developers have grown disdainful and weary of Reader/Acrobat and Flash Player due to security holes big enough to drive a dump truck through. Scuttle butt I’ve read/heard is that part of is that Adobe makes it difficult to impossible to fix these security holes especially in Reader/Acrobat. Thus at least some Linux distros that used to provide Reader/Acrobat now adamantly refuse to do so. Caveat Emptor.
I don’t know what, if any, policy OpenMandriva has regarding this. Am aware of the possibility that there may be users that really need it. If so that’s what package request is for.
Edit: And now I realize that I’ve answered a question that wasn’t asked. 
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Is there any alternative software for Adobe reader. Which has the same functionality?
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Don’t know that but worth investigating.
I misunderstood your question. I think rpm you use is packaged for fedora but you can try to install the .bin.
What functionality you need Okular has not?
I used it on OM Lx 2014.2. AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm can install on OM Lx 2014.2
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Downloads:
http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/i386/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/i386/flash-plugin-11.2.202.400-release.i386.rpm
http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/i386/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.rpm
http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/x86_64/adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/x86_64/flash-plugin-11.2.202.400-release.x86_64.rpm
Bug Report:
https://issues.openmandriva.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2137
OpenMandriva promotes opensource projects and favour opensource applications when there is the equivalent available.
Users wanting to use proprietary closed source stuff are free to run windows.
I don’t know what functionality you need open sources readers have not (AFAIK only DRM can’t be implemented in open source software) but, as described in the link you reported, you may try to install the tar.gz or the bin version from Adode ftp repository. The rpm are for Fedora and can not install on other rpm-based distribution. Also you installed thr 32bit version.
Personally I always discourage anybody to install proprietary software unless if you really need and there are not alternative. But this is just my own opinion.
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?? 
Do you mean open sources pdf readers have not support for unicode fonts?
mmm,
Does not support Sinhala. Bit complicated…
A stupid question: did you install Sinhala fonts on your system?
yes. my native language.
Mandriva (From 2005/2006) displays font. But no keyboard input support. I use
https://www.google.com/intl/si/inputtools/try/
http://www.sinhalafonts.org/fonts/13091/iskoola_potha_unicode.html
When editing PDF and copying content errors comes. Adobe reader also has the same problem.
I think there is a font issues, but not only. maybe this font can help a bit.
However I also think OpenMandriva has still not an enough support for you language. Other distros seem to have something better (but I haven’t tested, of course). This is not a good thing in Open Source world, so I encourage you to file a bug on bugzilla about this.
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RHEL, SUSE and Ubuntu has good support.
Hope this will help:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/hanthana/14.5/docs/Wijesekara-layout.pdf
http://www.nongnu.org/sinhala/doc/howto/sinhala-howto.html
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/I18N/Language_Support_Using_Yum
So there are high chances this will be added to OpenMandriva too if you report on bugzilla 
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Wonder why that is?
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I do not know.
In the past I requested from Mandriva, Microsoft, Adobe, Skype, Corel Corporation, etc… to give Unicode support in their apps and OS. I can not remember the full list. This happened 13 Years ago.
Previous Government also involved in Unicode promotions too…
But I added bug report.
https://issues.openmandriva.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2144
These are the widely used Unicode Fonts:
- Iskoola Potha
- Malithi Web
- Nirmala UI
matchbox-keyboard crash
Hi, I point out this in the past. But I think you all did not receive the information.
I tried to install OpenMandriva LX 3.02 (Beta) build 1046 on VirtualBox.
But the setup is not in the minimum Resolution (800 x 600). It is difficult to use the setup windows.
This is happening on VMware player too. I think other VM apps also has this problem.
I think It must be fixed.
OMV 898 build or … earlier on openSUSE leap 42.1
Can’t you use 1024x768 ?
That is not possible. Option is disabled.
- 1024 x 768
- 800 x 600
- …
time to time change. there is no fix size.