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		anthk on May 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenBSD Desktop You can do that without fbterm. Check fbpdf2, mpv -vo drm, links -g, and so on. Also, on games: export SDL_VIDEODRIVER=fbcon or kmsdrm depending on the case.

ykonstant on May 10, 2024 [–]

Oh absolutely, but fbterm has a lot of nice stuff, like unicode support with nice fonts, eye candy, multiple screens etc.

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