FIM – Linux framebuffer image viewer
by Mr_Minderbinder on 4/17/2026, 7:20:46 AM
https://www.nongnu.org/fbi-improved/
Comments
by: lrvick
You can also use mplayer with "-fp" to play video on the frambuffer as well.<p>I have gone weeks at a time without using a graphical desktop at all thanks to these tools.
4/17/2026, 8:33:32 AM
by: pjmlp
More like UNIX and MS-DOS concepts.
4/17/2026, 9:48:18 AM
by: globalnode
this wont work with wayland will it? has to be a raw tty?
4/17/2026, 9:56:03 AM
by: anthk
I think this came with fbgs too; and fbpdf2 it's a better fbpdf (no more slow GhostScript convertings), it just calls poppler/MuPDF libraries.
4/17/2026, 9:08:48 AM
by: sylware
Should it be DRM nowdays?
4/17/2026, 7:49:40 AM
by: kevinten10
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4/17/2026, 8:21:03 AM
by: mnkylikeskbd
Related to this are the (rather poorly named<i>) kitty terminals graphics protocol: <a href="https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/graphics-protocol/" rel="nofollow">https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/graphics-protocol/</a><p></i> 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.
4/17/2026, 8:10:53 AM