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eldragon

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From: Buenos Aires

Registered: 2008-11-18

Posts: 1,029

why hasnt anyone tried to get rid of xorg?

and tried to create a graphic interface directly on top of the framebuffer?

is there any tecnical issue why this hasnt been done? besides the fact that its a start from scratch?

ammon

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Registered: 2008-12-11

Posts: 413

Re: why hasnt anyone tried to get rid of xorg?

I've seen something like it somewhere... With old GNOME ported on it.

wuischke

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From: Suisse Romande

Registered: 2007-01-06

Posts: 630

Re: why hasnt anyone tried to get rid of xorg?

Have a look at directfb.

moljac024

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 2,676

Re: why hasnt anyone tried to get rid of xorg?

Have a look at directfb.

Damn, that looks interesting!

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EVRAMP

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From: Czech Republic

Registered: 2008-10-03

Posts: 173

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Re: why hasnt anyone tried to get rid of xorg?

There are some WM/DEs (e.g. Xfce) capable running on top of framebuffer.