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Fedora 44 Looking at Replacing Fbcon with Kmscon as Default VT Console

8 days ago
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-44-Considers-KMSCON
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  • #Linux
  • #Fedora
  • Fedora 44 is considering replacing FBCON with KMSCON as the default VT console.
  • KMSCON offers benefits like better Unicode handling, keyboard layout support, Pango font rendering, and improved security.
  • KMSCON is a user-space-based terminal emulator, unlike FBCON which is kernel-based and less maintained.
  • The change includes installing KMSCON by default and updating systemd links to start KMSCON on VT switch.
  • FBCON will remain as a fallback option if KMSCON fails or users prefer it.
  • KMSCON is working on additional features like screen rotation and basic mouse/touchpad support.
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