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FIM – Linux framebuffer image viewer

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Re: FIM – Linux framebuffer image viewer

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Post by mnkylikeskbd »

Related to this are the (rather poorly named) kitty terminals graphics protocol: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/graphics-protocol/

Yeah it is playful and all, but telling your colleagues to use "kitty" doesn't sound very professional. You might disagree with this, but that doesn't change the overall perception and general take in corporate world.

Re: FIM – Linux framebuffer image viewer

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Post by roer »

mnkylikeskbd wrote: post #3

Related to this are the (rather poorly named ) kitty terminals graphics protocol: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/graphics-protocol/ Yeah it is playful and all, but telling your colleagues to use "kitty" doesn't sound very professional. You might disagree with this, but that doesn't change the overall perception and general take in corporate world.

The graphics protocol might be relevant, but I fail to see how the rest of your comment is.

Re: FIM – Linux framebuffer image viewer

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Post by whizzter »

sylware wrote: post #2

Should it be DRM nowdays?

I think the framebuffer devices is a least common denominator that is available on even miniscule or emulated hardware whilst anything above thats starts requiring a whole lot more infrastructure.

And honestly, you don't need much more for an image viewer.

Re: FIM – Linux framebuffer image viewer

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Post by antisol »

whizzter wrote: post #5
sylware wrote: post #2

Should it be DRM nowdays?

I think the framebuffer devices is a least common denominator that is available on even miniscule or emulated hardware whilst anything above thats starts requiring a whole lot more infrastructure. And honestly, you don't need much more for an image viewer.

This is exactly right - you can get a framebuffer on just about anything, including pretty much any video card made since about 1990, and also more fun things like the little i2c display that your toaster has. No need to restrict relatively simple software like fbi/fim to running on less hardware by using drm.

Re: FIM – Linux framebuffer image viewer

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Post by opan »

mnkylikeskbd wrote: post #3

Related to this are the (rather poorly named ) kitty terminals graphics protocol: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/graphics-protocol/ Yeah it is playful and all, but telling your colleagues to use "kitty" doesn't sound very professional. You might disagree with this, but that doesn't change the overall perception and general take in corporate world.

The name "kitty" is nothing compared to the attitude and crimes of the dev (destroying bitmap support and telling people to buy new monitors). I will never use, support, or recommend kitty.

Re: FIM – Linux framebuffer image viewer

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Post by hkt »

lrvick wrote: post #8

You can also use mplayer with "-fp" to play video on the frambuffer as well. I have gone weeks at a time without using a graphical desktop at all thanks to these tools.

This is a great tip, do you have others? I've tried to ditch graphical desktop envs and failed pretty miserably on media consumption and browsing before.
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