# Using Linux as IA clients

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-linux-as-ia-clients/2333>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [November 11, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-linux-as-ia-clients/2333 "2010-11-11T16:12:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Garrickr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Garrickr](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Garrickr)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-linux-as-ia-clients/2333/1 "2010-11-11T16:12:53Z")

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Is it possible to still have the ability to use embedded pdfs(in windows via the activeX module), while running linux as an IA client?

[del]Edit: This has been posted in the wrong forum, I meant for General Discussion[/del] (Topic Moved)

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-linux-as-ia-clients/2333/2 "2010-11-12T17:41:34Z")

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ActiveX and Linux do not play together, unfortunately. ActiveX is strictly a Windows technology. You can use our pure-Java PDF viewer that comes with the reporting module, but it has deficiencies (only able to reliably view some PDFs).

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**Author:** ![jani.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@jani.jp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jani.jp)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 9:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-linux-as-ia-clients/2333/3 "2011-09-07T09:50:12Z")

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Is there coming improvements to PDF Viewer for non-Windows platforms, so that it would be possible to show more pdfs than in current version?

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-linux-as-ia-clients/2333/4 "2011-09-07T18:17:18Z")

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There has been some talk of licensing a higher quality 100% java pdf renderer, but nothing concrete as of yet.