Privacy friendly Adobe Acrobat alternative with ability to scan from scanner

I've been using Adobe Acrobat (cracked) for around 2 years, and i have recently started switching all of my proprietary apps with privacy respecting and/or FOSS apps, however i could not find a PDF viewer/editor desktop app that could scan and create documents from my printer/scanner, which i use quite often, thus i came here looking for a recommendation.

Apart from scanning, i don't have much uses with a PDF editor. I haven't had to sign documents, share or work with it along someone, add watermarks or add read-only modes, though i wouldn't say i need them, for i may some time in the future.

I just need a PDF viewer/editor which i can rely on. It should at least be able to scan documents as well as edit those scanned pages (cropping, color shading, rescanning etc.) and have a nice UI overall as i am not a power user who works with compact view modes or terminals.

Thanks for the suggestions in advance.

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ominouslemon@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Believe it or not, to scan and edit stuff I use none other than GIMP

For viewing I use Okular.

I use both on Linux and Windows

Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me · 2 pts · 3y

Seconding Okular, and SkanPage does well to scan things into PDF.

Samsy@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y

As someone who scans with Linux in production we use a combination of xsane, PDFarranger and paperwork.

YoungPrinceAmmon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Only Pdf xchange

superkret@feddit.de · 1 pts · 3y
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Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 3y

GIMP and LibreOffice are what I've been using.

Quexotic@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y

Certainly not foxit PDF. I just had GPT analyze their privacy policy and it's nothing short of a nightmare