On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 01:19, darren kirby wrote:
> 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.
* dev-libs/DirectFB-extra
Description: Extra image/video/font providers and graphics/input
drivers for DirectFB
* dev-libs/DirectFB
Description: Thin library on top of the Linux framebuffer devices
* x11-base/xdirectfb
Description: XDirectFB is a rootless XServer on top of DirectFB
Which of the above will do that? It would be cool to be able to shut off
Xorg, switch to VT1-5 and use mplayer.
Heck, if elinks works, it'll be great too.
> 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.
P133 w/128MB ram.
Currently chugging _slowly_ on FC3.
Hiccups every now and then. Esp when under load.
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