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FreeBSD Now Has Initial Graphics Support For Bhyve

Written by Michael Larabel in BSD on 29 May 2016 at 09:47 AM EDT. 4 Comments

Bhyve, the hypervisor developed by FreeBSD that supports running BSD/Linux/Windows guests, has initial graphics support.

In the latest FreeBSD code is initial Bhyve support for handling graphics outputs. This graphics support is a basic UEFI frame-buffer device and interfacing with VNC. This basic frame-buffer graphics support has been tested with Microsoft Windows, Windows Server, Ubuntu 15.10, and FreeBSD.

More details on the Bhyve graphics support via this mailing list message.

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