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It's entirely possible to write a GIF to the framebuffer (setting aside that the framebuffer is deprecated in favor of KMS+DRM) without implicating X11.

• lainga 8y ago
  Is it (or DRM) safe over an SSH connection?
  • Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
    You can't use DRM or the framebuffer over SSH, you can't open device files or do ioctls remotely like that.
    • lainga 8y ago
      I see. So I guess it's not really possible to do something like the OP with mixed text/graphics, sadly, you have to either stick to text or get an X11 terminal.