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    DateMon, 31 Dec 2001 19:56:55 -0200
    FromArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <>
    SubjectRe: [patch] Re: Framebuffer...Why oh Why???
    Em Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 04:42:58PM -0500, Scott McDermott escreveu:
    > Linus Torvalds on Sun 30/12 16:19 -0800:
    > > No sane person should use frame buffers if they have the choice.
    > 
    > Text mode is slow and has poor resolution, yes even svga text mode stuff
    > is way slower than accelerated fbconsole for me, I don't like having to
    > wait for the screen to update when I page a file and go to the next
    > page.
    
    ouch, this hasn't been the case for me for ages, maybe I should try this
    accelerated fbconsole thing again...
    
    > And why require me to load X just to have a usuable system? Yes I think
    
    yes, why? Use lynx + zgv(in the rare cases where it is needed to see
    images) ;)
    
    > when I have to switch consoles so a program doing a lot of screen output
    > doesn't block endlessly on my slow textmode display is unusable.
    
    Thats what I feel when I use fbconsoles, and not the good old 80x25 text
    mode console.
    
    - Arnaldo
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