Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 31 May 2006 14:09:48 +0200 | From | Helge Hafting <> | Subject | Re: OpenGL-based framebuffer concepts |
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Martin Mares wrote: > Hi! > > >> My thoughts are mixed on continuing to support text mode for anything >> other than initial boot/install. Linux is all about multiple languages >> and the character ROMs for text mode don't support all of these >> languages. >> > > On most servers, you don't need (and you don't want) anything like that. > In such cases, everything should be kept simple. Linux isn't all about servers - but still, a framebuffer is not "complicated" compared to vga textmode. It uses more memory, but that is graphichs memory the server can't put to better use anyway.
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