PDF editing software.

I use this. I don't know if it's still free though, it's been a while.

PDFescape - Free PDF Editor & Free PDF Form Filler

 

You can get a program called Adobe Creative Cloud that has a PDF program already in it

Adobe: Creative, marketing and document management solutions

 

There are free trials

 

There a number that run on Linux that let you view PDF files . I think all or some of them let you edit them .

 

On Linux distros , I use Mint . Most distros will run from a USB drive . I have never had a problem with DVD drives . I have had problems with blue ray drives and Linux . With these distros will you down load programs after the distro is set up.

 

On Linux , the latest Mint is 19.3 (I think) it has a video player bundled with it , but I normally down load vlc ,it plays just about any file. The PDF editing program I am thinking of is calbre (or close to that) .

 

It could be a hard ware problem with the DVD drive . Does it work with Windows ?

 

You might try another distro . Like Mint or Ubuntu Studio . 2 that I like. They and a bunch more are on distro watch . com Most distros are free . For any one here , you down load the iso file . Use a program to copy it to a USB drive to boot and run from the USB drive . That was you can make sure it works with your hard ware with out installing it on your hard drive.

 

sudo su
mkdir /mnt/dvd
mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/dvd
cd /mnt/dvd
ls -lta

 

One thing you'll notice eventually is that many distros are based on Debian Linux. You can look up open-source pdf editors through their software managers/installers, or look them up online via google or other search engines. I haven't had any reason to edit a pdf file, nor have I had any problems with any cd or dvd drives in the last ten years.

 

Most of the distros have forums where software/hardware problems have been discussed . They can be fun to read even if you don't have problems or use that distro. If you want to post a question you need to join the forum .

 

LibreOffice Writer can export documents to PDF. Free, open source and multiplatform.