[Tfug] svgalib or directfb or?

[Tom Rini]

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 08:13:16AM -0700, Nathanial Hendler wrote:

> I'm building a home-kiosk-jukebox that will use tv-out
> (low-resolution).  I'm writing all of the interface software, and I
> don't want to use X.
> 
> I've started experimenting with svgalib for the graphics, and I'm ok
> with it, but I can't get truetype fonts to work (not a deal breaker).
> Does anyone have any opinions on whether or not I should use or avoid
> svgalib or framebuffer or CGI or something else?  I'd like to be able
> to display PNG/GIF/JPEG and text.  I don't care about 3D, or hardware
> acceleration or video.

DirectFB is what we've always used as a fallback for not-X11, when
working with customers.

-- 
Tom Rini