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I remember Links, the text-based browser that runs in your terminal, had a framebuffer mode that you could use to get rudimentary graphical web browsing on a sy

I remember Links, the text-based browser that runs in your terminal, had a framebuffer mode that you could use to get rudimentary graphical web browsing on a system with no X11 installed.

LtWorf 2y ago
Yeah, also mpv has a framebuffer driver. AFAIK Qt has one as well, so any Qt program could run without X/wayland.
- qalmakka 2y ago
  > Qt That's EGLFS, it's used quite a bit in automotive AFAIK. It's slowly getting replaced by Wayland and Weston though.
  - jcelerier 2y ago
    Qt also has a directfb backend (among many others: https://github.com/qt/qtbase/tree/dev/src/plugins/platforms https://github.com/qt/qtbase/tree/dev/src/plugins/platforms)
prmoustache 2y ago
I think netsurf can still be compiled for fb.
baq 2y ago
May I introduce you to https://www.brow.sh/ https://www.brow.sh/