Results 1 to 3 of 3

Thread: DirectFB 1.6 Is Coming Soon While 2.0 Is Far-Out

  1. 03-12-2012, 05:00 PM #1
    phoronix
    phoronix is offline Phoronix News Bot
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Posts
    10,182

    Default DirectFB 1.6 Is Coming Soon While 2.0 Is Far-Out

    Phoronix: DirectFB 1.6 Is Coming Soon While 2.0 Is Far-Out

    Back in January the release of DirectFB 1.6 was imminent, but then the developers behind this frame-buffer project ended up dragging the release on for stabilization reasons. This month is now the project's revised target for doing the first DirectFB 1.6 stable release...

    http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTA2OTc
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 03-13-2012, 10:51 AM #2
    Walldorf2000
    Walldorf2000 is offline Junior Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Posts
    3

    Default DirectFB - what for?

    Is it "Wayland for desktop and DirectFB for embedded devices?"

    Or is it a direct competition for the X Server successor?
    Last edited by Walldorf2000; 03-13-2012 at 11:08 AM.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 03-13-2012, 07:55 PM #3
    uwgandalf
    uwgandalf is offline Junior Member
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Posts
    20

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Walldorf2000 View Post
    Is it "Wayland for desktop and DirectFB for embedded devices?"

    Or is it a direct competition for the X Server successor?
    Good question, if it's a complete XServer successor like wayland, why did Wayland get such traction and not these guys, I can see code as old as 7 years.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules