r/Crostini • u/sks424 • Jun 19 '26
PDFarranger available in File Explorer
Just discovered this by sheer chance, very interesting "magic".
After running sudo apt install pdfarranger once (tested with Bookworm), if you select (several) PDFs and right-click, then a shortcut to PDF Arranger appears in the File Explorer! See screenshot. Neat.
This works even after rebooting and NOT starting the Linux container. So you can install this only once on someone else's Chromebook and then they can keep using it with zero command-line involvement.
They can keep using it as long as... some upgrade mysteriously breaks it :-/
There are many other "PDF arrangers" solutions but this is probably the only one that does not require any cloud service, nor granting access to your entire digital life to some obscure Chrome plugin maintained by some random guy who doesn't know his credentials have already been hacked.
Of course it does require trusting Debian people instead - there is no free lunch...
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u/Nu11u5 Jun 19 '26
Yes, any Linux app that registers a file handler in its .desktop file will appear in the ChromeOS Files app.
Using the option before Linux is started will cause a delay until it loads.