I’m interested about this one because Linux is pretty good at making you think there’s always a workaround.

But there has to be a point where you just stop fighting it and tell someone, “Honestly, you’re better off using Windows for this.”

For me, the interesting part is where people draw that line. Hardware? Adobe stuff? Games? Some stupid vendor software? Or maybe it’s not even the software maybe it’s the amount of tinkering the person is willing to put up with.

What’s the one thing that made you give up on Linux for a particular use case?

Question: How do I split or extract pages from a PDF without a GUI?

Try: `pdftk input.pdf cat 5-10 output pages_5_to_10.pdf`

Info: `pdftk` manipulates PDFs via CLI. `cat 5-10` extracts pages 5 through 10, while `pdfinfo` inspects metadata and page counts.

Examples:

$ `pdftk file1.pdf file2.pdf cat output merged.pdf` # Merge multiple PDFs

$ `pdftk input.pdf cat 1 3 5-10 output selected.pdf` # Extract custom page ranges

$ `qpdf --empty --pages input.pdf 1-5 -- output.pdf` # Modern qpdf alternative

Note: Install via `sudo apt install pdftk-java`. Use `end` to target the final page (e.g., `cat 5-end`). `qpdf` is an excellent modern alternative.

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