On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 05:28 -0400, Alan Cox wrote: > > Unless I've missed something huge, virtual terminals aren't going away. > > What may or may not be going away is the x86 video BIOS text mode, to be > > replaced with a kernel framebuffer, which precludes the use of console > > fonts, which very few people ever mess with. The console itself will > > remain. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. > > Framebuffer consoles support fonts. > > However they do not work on all machines, they do not work with a lot of > screen reader technology and they don't work with many of the remote management > cards. If you can find a remote management card made in the last 10 years that doesn't work with a Windows box on the other end, I'd be pleasently surprised considering the market for such a thing wouldn't be large enough to bother making it. Again screen reader technology, yes there may be something from the DOS days, but how much Linux specific screen-reader tech exists, where is the market for this?. So while I think you might be right I'm not sure it will ever affect anyone, and if it does they can boot text mode like they do now. Dave. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
