[CS-FSLUG] Console Desktop Projects

[Ed Hurst]

Over the years since my involvement with Linux and BSD, I have run across  
references to proposals and projects for creating a framebuffer desktop on  
the console. No X server, no acceleration. Most of us have heard of Twin,  
a project which went moribund sometime in 2003, AFAIK. There is also  
mention of BSDVision, an attempt to adapt the TurboVision interface to  
BSD. While 'screen' is a step in this direction, it is not the answer many  
of these people were seeking. We might compare such projects to attempts  
to create highly developed DOS desktop shells just about the time Windows  
came out. It seems some people want point-n-click without having to run a  
genuine GUI (I do). These are often referred to as a TUI = text user  
interface.

Brothers and Sisters: What other Open Source projects are you aware of  
which seem connected to this?

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Ed Hurst
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