Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263524AbTI2PLF (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:11:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263525AbTI2PLF (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:11:05 -0400 Received: from cc78409-a.hnglo1.ov.home.nl ([212.120.97.185]:27600 "EHLO dexter.hensema.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263524AbTI2PLD (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:11:03 -0400 From: Erik Hensema Subject: Re: Can't X be elemenated? Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 15:10:59 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: Reply-To: erik@hensema.net User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org kartikey bhatt (kartik_me@hotmail.com) wrote: > I read your reply to a person worried about the future of linux. It was a > satisfactory reply; I hope to get a satisfactory reply for this one also. > > Can't X be elemenated? > > I mean to say kernel level support for graphics device drivers and special > routines for accessing it directly; rest will be done by user space widget > libraries (or say a kernel space light widget library which can be > customized > by user space libraries). Please take a look at directfb, work is underway to port Qt to it, so potentionally you could run KDE on the framebuffer console. It's however quite offtopic here. -- Erik Hensema - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/