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DirectFB: A New Linux Graphics Standard? 437

Posted by michael on Tuesday October 23, 2001 @08:51AM from the X-reigns-supreme dept.

Spy Hunter writes: "Some people really dislike the X Window System. DirectFB seems to be the answer to their prayers. Building on the framebuffer support available in recent Linux kernels, DirectFB adds hardware acceleration, input devices, and window management. It has been made (and LGPL'd) by Digital Convergence as a Linux video/television solution, but it is much more than that. It has the potential to replace X for Linux desktops. You want a transparent terminal? How about a transparent video player? Development is proceeding rapidly, with a GTK port and even an X server for legacy apps in progress. Could this be the future of the Linux desktop?"

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I wonder... (Score:4, Funny)

by Pseudonym ( 62607 ) writes: on Tuesday October 23, 2001 @09:12AM (#2465284)

Does it come with an open sourced barcode reader driver?

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by cruelworld ( 21187 ) writes: on Tuesday October 23, 2001 @09:35AM (#2465399)

RE:So there's no risk that they sue us...

Man, you really don't know Americans do you?

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