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    The framebuffer subsystem in the Linux kernel fbdev is used to show graphics on a computer monitor, typically on the system console. It was designed as...
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    are two main implementations: framebuffer and text mode. The framebuffer implementation is the default in modern Linux distributions, and together with...
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    A framebuffer (frame buffer, or sometimes framestore) is a portion of random-access memory (RAM) containing a bitmap that drives a video display. It is...
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  • This is a list of display servers based on X11, Wayland, Linux framebuffer and other systems. Cygwin/X KDrive Low Bandwidth X MacX Mir (display server)...
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  • decoding, as well as GPGPU computing. The Linux kernel already had an API called fbdev, used to manage the framebuffer of a graphics adapter, but it couldn't...
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    The Linux kernel is a free and open source: 4  Unix-like kernel that is used in many computer systems worldwide. The kernel was created by Linus Torvalds...
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  • DirectFB (category Linux APIs)
    for translucent windows and multiple display layers on top of the Linux framebuffer without requiring any kernel modifications. DirectFB is free and open-source...
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    Internet Tablet., and on any system that supports SDL, FLTK, SVGALib, Linux framebuffer, or Windows GUI. The syntax of SmallBASIC has a lot in common with...
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  • OtherOS (redirect from Ps3 linux)
    PlayStation 3 video game console, allowing user installed software, such as Linux or FreeBSD. Software running in the OtherOS environment has access to 6...
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    FFmpeg (category Free software for Linux)
    only) Simple DirectMedia Layer 2 (output only) OpenGL (output only) Linux framebuffer (fbdev) Graphics Device Interface (GDI; input only) X Window System...
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    Rust for Linux is an ongoing project started in 2020 to add Rust as a programming language that can be used within the Linux kernel software, which has...
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    0x2b84 to 132×43, etc. (Linux 3.x and later allow to set resolution using "video=<conn>:<xres>x<yres>", but solely for video framebuffer drivers.) Two other...
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  • paper Archived 2013-05-02 at the Wayback Machine Framebuffer object reference at openvidia Example code for Windows and Linux EXT Framebuffer (opengl.org)...
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  • them being of the patch level. See comparison of Linux distributions for a detailed comparison. Linux distributions that have highly modified kernels —...
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  • General Graphics Interface (category Linux APIs)
    user-space libraries, with an array of different backends or targets (e.g. Linux framebuffer, X11, Quartz, DirectX), of which the two most fundamental are LibGII...
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    implementation uses Mesa-solo to provide OpenGL rendering directly to the Linux framebuffer or DRI to the graphics hardware. As of May 2024[update], Xegl can...
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  • by Groupe Bull and Olivetti. In addition, headless (i.e., without a framebuffer or video card) versions were marketed as servers under the name "MIPS...
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  • Magic SysRq key (category Linux kernel features)
    The magic SysRq key is a key combination understood by the Linux kernel, which allows the user to perform various low-level commands regardless of the...
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    Usplash (category Linux stubs)
    it can be updated without recompiling the kernel. Usplash uses the Linux framebuffer interface or, alternatively, direct VESA access to display the splash...
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    Nouveau (software) (category Linux drivers)
    create an open source driver by reverse engineering Nvidia's proprietary Linux drivers. It is managed by the X.Org Foundation, hosted by freedesktop.org...
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    on Linux it passes the data to one of three kernel components – DRM, gem or KMS driver. The kernel component writes the data into the framebuffer and...
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    and open-source media player software application. It is available for Linux, OS X and Microsoft Windows. Versions for OS/2, Syllable, AmigaOS, MorphOS...
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  • identical machines were also sold by NEC in headless (i.e., no video card or framebuffer) configuration as the RISCserver series, and were intended for use as...
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    implemented in a way that Wayland clients will draw directly to the framebuffer using EGL. Mesa 3D has an implementation of EGL formerly known as Eagle...
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  • hardware detection tool used in SuSE Linux and in some other Linux distributions. Running hwinfo --framebuffer reports graphics information, including...
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  • Video Acceleration API (category Video acceleration APIs available on Linux)
    operating systems (including Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris), and Android, however it can potentially also be used with direct framebuffer and graphics sub-systems...
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  • the server as a normal user. It is also possible to use XFree86 in a framebuffer device, which in turn uses a kernel graphics card driver. On a typical...
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    popular Creator3D framebuffer is not supported, but will usually (but not always) work. Some Ultra 80s were sold with the PGX32 framebuffer, even though its...
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    GLX Direct Rendering Infrastructure and framebuffer All access goes through the Direct Rendering Manager In Linux kernel 3.12, render nodes are merged and...
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    SiS, it only allows for 2D acceleration. There is also an experimental FrameBuffer driver developed by Sergio Costas, currently unsupported, available only...
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