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I started working with the Linux framebuffer a long time ago. The penguin boot logo was cool, but the biggest benefit was being able to code in a 128x43 (or bigger) terminal without running X. I see KMS as the long-overdue fulfillment of the dream I had then of decoupling high-end video support from X.org.


Yeah, that would be cool. I used to work that way too. These days my coding usually requires a pdf reader and web browser at some point.

It would be cool to be able to launch an OpenGL app without X though.


Back then I was using links2 in graphical mode, fbi for viewing images, and fbgs for reading PDFs. Since I'm working with web apps and WebGL now, I'm obviously running X.




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