quoth the Etaoin Shrdlu: > I am browsing their site, and the screenshots look quite good. Is there > anybody using it that can give an opinion? > What are the advantages and disadvantages compared with a traditional X > window system (eg, Xorg)? > > Thanks
I have used directFB on a gentoo-based utility live cd I created to make it more lightweight. This allows me to use links2 on the framebuffer, including colour and images. I can even watch movies with mplayer on the framebuffer. The fact that Xorg and all the libraries/files that come with it can be omitted makes for a huge space savings on the cd. The cd has a _huge_ amount of diagnostic/repair utilities on it...and of course some fluff (mplayer et al.) ...and the image is only ~115MB As far as using this on a desktop...I don't think it is really a suitable replacement for an actuall WM unless we are talking about a severely RAM challanged machine. -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972
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