[arch-general] Surviving without X

[Greg]

Just curious why would you want to not use x on a daily basis?

On Mar 30, 2009, at 12:29 AM, Juan Diego <juantascon at gmail.com> wrote:

> mplayer also has a fb output plugin
>
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:34 PM, BinkyTheClown <binky at archlinux.us>  
> wrote:
>> 2009/3/29 Maurí cio <briqueabraque at yahoo.com>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Do you think it's possible to live without X,
>>> replacing framebuffer for it, using packages
>>> available for arch? I imagine something like
>>> DirectFB or similar, using it when text is
>>> not enough. I think I could do with a browser
>>> and a pdf viewer, but I wasn't able to find
>>> a direction to follow to get that. Has any of
>>> you tried it already?
>>> 3
>>> Thanks,
>>> Maurício
>>>
>>> You can use fbgs from fbida package to see pdf's, and a browser like
>> w3m-graphics or links-g.
>>
>> And yes, it is possible.
>>
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