List of DFB Applications
From DirectFBWiki
Both Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) (http://www.libsdl.org/) and ClanLib (http://www.clanlib.org/) support DirectFB as a backend, so many applications written for those libraries can be ported to DirectFB.
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General
| Name | Description | DFB Version | Homepage | Requires | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XDirectFB | A DirectFB X-server Emulator | 0.25 | http://www.directfb.org | native dfb | Run most X Software under DirectFB |
| DFBTerm | DirectFB Terminal Emulation | 0.25 | http://www.directfb.org | lite | |
| Debian Installer | Install Debian Linux Graphically! | 0.25 | http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/GUIBuild | DFBGTK | |
| Splashy | Displays an image at boot with a progressbar (themeable) | 0.1.8 | http://splashy.alioth.debian.org | DFB | Development done on Debian, but it's targeted to all UNIX systems that support DFB |
| Qingy | is a themeable replacement of getty | 0.9.6 | http://qingy.sourceforge.net/about.php | DFB | It allows the user to log in and start the session of his choice (text console, gnome, kde,..) |
| Links | Text mode and GUI web broswer | 2.1pre22 | http://links.twibright.com | DFB | Can also use the framebuffer directly, or SVGAlib, or even SDL with DFB |
| Unreal Tournament 2004 | One of the world's best first-person shooters, although commercial | 3369 | http://www.unrealtournament2004.com/ | DFB, SDL compiled with DFB support | This isn't yanking your chain, but if you set it to Software Rendering (you need to do this in game, within X11), and then start it on the framebuffer with software rendering set, it *WILL* work on DirectFB. I've done it myself, and it's a good way to pass time of X breaks. |
| Mozilla over DFB | Mozilla browser with DirectFB support | DirectFB 1 | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=357946 | GTKDFB | Mozilla(Firefox Ver 1.5.0.3) browser over DFB for embedded devices, provided by TATA Elxsi, INDIA (TATA ELXSI (http://www.tataelxsi.com)) |
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Audio / Video
| Name | Description | DFB Version | Homepage | Requires | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mplayer | A powerful video player | 0.25 | http://www.mplayerhq.hu | native dfb | Plays all kinds of video files, supports a directfb backend (among others) |
| Xine | A free video player | 0.25 | http://www.xinehq.de | native dfb | Plays back CDs, DVDs, VCDs, and many kinds of video files. Supports directfb and fusionsound backends |
