On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Mike Frisch wrote: > Obviously the number of libraries and applications will be much less > than that of X, but I agree DirectFB seems like a MUCH better choice, > especially if it supports deinterlacing of v4l devices. Not to mention > the lower overhead for the windowing system. For me a PVR/DVD player > would have a minimal UI (similar to any off-the-shelf video component > with an OSD) and carrying around the baggage of X is probably not > necessary. X baggage? Don't confuse X and KDE/GNOME and all that. X by itself is pretty small. It's even an easy fit on an iPAQ or Tuxscreen (16MB of RAM). Steve
