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Here is the list of changes and bugs I found in AR8.1.1 and ways to fix them (bugs of course :-) ):
(this is how I fixed these bugs, you may find better ways to fix them)

The most important fix since AR 7.0.9 is that now AR8 works with new Linux
distributions which use recent GTK 2.0 libraries. It is known fact that when
recent GTK 2.0 library was present loading of AR 7.0.9 failed with endless
loop of messages: "expr: syntax error" on console window and serious CPU
usage hit silently slowing down computer reactions. Now this is fixed.

New feature added: Now AR8 scans font pathes inside X config files and adds
found fonts to its own internal font cache so system wide fonts are used for
pdf pages rendering in addition to default built-in AR8 package fonts. If
user will copy font files from Windows/fonts directory to X font locations
the pdf files outlook in AR8 is identical to the one on Windows.

When someone uses tar.bz2 or tar.gz installer it will ask for installation
directory and will show default [ /opt] directory. Do not press enter here!
If you do this a ?[3~ junk directory will be created in current directory. To
overcome this manually type /opt or other location.

Another bug is blank grey window on first run of AR8. Just close it with X and
provide path to libgtkembedmoz folder. This library is a part of mozilla web
browser so it can be found in any mozilla program directory:
/usr/lib/firefox
/usr/lib/seamonkey
/usr/lib/thunderbird
/usr/lib/mozilla
or other locations where mozilla software is installed.
Just run AR8, go to Edit->Preferences->Categories->Internet->Select Browser,
and fill in libgtkembedmoz Folder path with one of these locations or find
correct one for your system.

The last bug is AR8 only creates desktop icons on root account.
AR8 can be run without icon. Just run /usr/bin/acroread

>The issue with libGtkEmbedmoz is known to us and is mentioned in the >readMe.htm as well(/opt/Adobe/Reader8/Reader/help/ENU/ReadMe.htm).
>For our investigation could you please let us know the distribution >on which you faced this problem.

Lunar-Linux.org I use official AR8 from tar.bz2 archive. Just unpacked it and used ./INSTALL

>We were not able to reproduce the problem you faced with /opt. Could >you please let us know the shell you were using and whether you were >installing as root, normal user or sudo. If it's not much of a >problem, >could you please try installing it again?

bash-3.1, root user. I can not reproduce it anymore.

>Desktop icons are only created for the user installing the reader. So >if you install the reader as Root, the icon will be placed on Root's >desktop.

Not comfortable but I understand.