[arch-general] Surviving without X

[Maurí­cio]

Do you know where can I find documentation
on fbdev? Framebuffer howton is really old
(2000), and web site has no doc links.

Thanks,
Maurício

> A good font for unicode is terminal. Ive tried no x on an old box few
> years ago. Directfb was interesting, but not really useful by then.
> Their homepage contains many interesting projects, like a graphical
> and eye-candy login manager.
> 
> I rather used the basic fbdev. Sdl can output to it, thats really
> handy. Gpmouse, if i remember well, can provide mouse support in
> vconsoles. Using some drivers, links can be a good basic browser - no
> net banking though. Mplayer for video. Moc, mpd or another curses mp3
> player for audio. By the time i had to play around to have lines
> character working in a unicode console with ncurses.  There are
> console tools to convert office docs to pdf, via postscript i guess,
> but recent format might not be supported.
> I had almost everything needed for basic use, and that was running
> pretty fast on this old comp. Besides, showing a video played through
> aalib always impress people (supported by sdl too i think).
> 
> Im sorry there are lot of uncertitudes and no links, but im using a
> cell phone from thailand - really cheap compared to belgium costs.
> 
> Good luck, good fun,
> 
> charly
> 
> 2009/4/10, Maurí­cio <briqueabraque at yahoo.com>:
>>>> The guy who writes this blog has had a few posts on living without X
>>>> recently, not sure which distro that was with.
>>>>
>>> Helps if I include the link doesnt it, here it
>>> is<http://kmandla.wordpress.com/>
>>>
>> Nice recomended applications.
>>
>> I think the main problem, however, is that I
>> still depend on X to get a nice terminal. I
>> can't find a way to type unicode, or a console
>> font that covers a good amount of unicode.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Maurício
>>
>>
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