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DirectFB DirectFB is a thin library that provides hardware graphics acceleration, input device handling and abstraction, integrated windowing system with support for translucent windows and multiple display layers, not only on top of the Linux Framebuffer Device. It is a complete hardware abstraction layer with software fallbacks for every graphics operation that is not supported by the underlying hardware. DirectFB adds graphical power to embedded systems and sets a new standard for graphics under Linux. 2009-06-16   SaWMan 1.4.0 now with a clean API, and support for 1.2.x and 1.4.x DirectFB branches. For detailed info click on the news title niels 2009-06-04   DirectFB 1.4.0: Sub windows, rotated windows and layers, surface pool bridge for p2p-transfer Finally DirectFB 1.4.0 has arrived. The latest 1.3.x branch has been upgraded to 1.4.0: a gradual improvement compared to 1.3.1, containing bugfixes, memory leak plugs and minor small interface tuning. Major improvements against DirectFB 1.2.8 are: OpenGL based acceleration with a new graphics driver and GLX surface pool in X11 system Rotated layers and windows with 90°, 180° or 270° Sub window support with each having its own buffer (one level only for DirectFB 1.4)... Surface Pool Bridge[tm] technology to speed up transfer between pools For detailed info click on the news title niels 2009-03-31   DirectFB 1.3.1, prerelease for 1.4.0 Prerelease for 1.4.0. Current development is focussing on DirectFB II, so when the development branch has proven its stability, 1.4.0 can be released. Contains bugfixes, documentation, features, enhancements. For detailed info click on the news title niels 2009-03-31   DirectFB 1.2.8, linux Fusion 8.1.1 - unified Fusion Good news if you use the DirectFB multi-app feature: The Fusion Kernel module is from now on API aware, and supports Fusion APIs 3.x, 4.x and 8.x. This means you can use fusion 8.1.1 together with DirectFB versions 1.0.x, 1.1.x or 1.2.8 onwards. For detailed info click on the news title niels 2009-03-07   New Disko-Dancefloor First of all we invite you to take a look at the new Disko-Showroom which was set up in close collaboration with 23projects. Whereas diskohq.org primarily addresses developers and engineers, the showroom aims at everyone potentially interested in possible applications and terms of commercial utilization. The showroom contains a compact overview of the mentioned topics supported by video and screenshot content illustrating some examples. Check it out! Secondly we wanted to announce that there is a new video in the screenshot section showing a Disko demo running on the ASUS Eee Top containing IPTV, VOIP, and Flash. Stay tuned for further informations, releases, and patches. Please also visit the new headquarter of the Disko team - Disko homepage. bere 2009-03-04   Two years of DirectFB 1.0 and a nice experience Today is the second birthday of DirectFB 1.0, while in sake of its future I'm on a mission in another town. It seems like a gift discovering that the TV System with Movies and Internet of the hotel I'm in, itself is running it...                   rOck tHe hOuse! dok 2009-02-06   linux Fusion 8.0.3 - Changes for 2.6.27 kernel, bugfixes Changes for 2.6.27 kernel support, several bugfixes: fix for shutdown deadlock when cleaning up left-over calls; additional safety with call return value checking (whether returning or non-returning); See Changelog.linux-fusion for further details. niels 2009-01-20   DirectFB 1.2.7 - More configuration, more bugfixes Maintenance release with bug fixes, added configuration options (module search dir, screen size override) and more code guideline conformance. For detailed info click on the news title niels 2008-11-15   In Jail Web Server process went to jail, "special" pages will be up again soon, only Wiki does yet, but other services are still functional behind the scenes. dok 2008-11-11   Disko V1.5 is entering the dancefloor It's done. The first release candidate of Disko V1.5 is now downloadable in our download-section. And like the version number already suggests, you may expect a lot of optimizing and new features all over the place. First of all we have a very basic improvement referring to the performance with the conversion to the taff-file-format. The effect of this conversion is, that all pics and xml-files are parsed only once, which will save a lot of startup-time. In addition Disko V1.5 comes along with an integrated basic flash-support based on swfdec 0.8, it supports the mySQL-interface, and it contains a basic implementation of a SIP-client. And of course all the results of our efforts in bug-fixing and performance-optimizing during the last month have been integrated. Stay tuned for further informations, releases, and patches. Please also visit the new headquarter of the Disko team - Disko homepage. bere 2008-09-29   DirectFB 1.3.0 - first development release with OpenGL based acceleration The 1.3.x series will have development releases with a new stable DirectFB 1.4.x series within a few weeks. Some of the changes for DirectFB 2.0 are already in there, but most of them are being developed in a side branch and will first be released with the 1.5.x series before the final 2.0 release is made early next year. Major improvements include: OpenGL based acceleration with a new graphics driver and GLX surface pool in X11 system Rotated layers and windows with 90°, 180° or 270° as seen on the screenshot to the right Sub window support with each having its own buffer (one level only for DirectFB 1.4)... Surface Pool Bridge[tm] technology to speed up transfer between pools Click on news title... dok 2008-09-29   DirectFB 1.2.6 - shutdown fix Shutdown fixes for those who ever want to shutdown :) Click on news title... dok 2008-09-25   DirectFB 1.2.5 - just arrived ...with a few more fixes. Click on news title... dok 2008-09-19   DirectFB 1.2.4 - you've been waiting for Again some fixes, but also optimizations and interesting new features like: DWCAPS_NOFOCUS for easy on-screen-keyboard implementation in conjunction with DiVine Min/max axis value reporting per event (allowing dynamic ranges for devices like WiiMote) Initial support for Renesas SH7723 hardware acceleration Click on news title... dok 2008-08-19   DirectFB 1.2.3 - a minor fix This is a minimal release fixing a remaining bug after recent fixes to the X11 system. dok 2008-08-15   DirectFB 1.2.2 - a one week production Another bug fixing release of the 1.2 series is available! dok 2008-08-08   DirectFB 1.2.1 - the essential bug fix release! The first real vacation after years - one week horse back riding and other recreational activities on and around a nice farm of the medieval Lilienbund - has brought fresh energy to make this essential release. Major enhancements are in surface management, especially the displacement of (multiple) older allocations for a newer one, but also major bugs had to be fixed... Click on the news header for more info! dok 2008-07-13   Final DirectFB 1.2.0 release This is the final release of the new stable 1.2 series! We can focus on 2.0 now :-) dok 2008-06-02   DirectFB 1.2.0-rc1 This is the first release candidate of the new stable 1.2 series Major feature additions include blitting with a color or alpha mask using a third surface and ongoing affine transformation support in software & hardware. There are also lots of other improvements for embedded chips such as Renesas SH7722 or TI Davinci and an exquisite X11 system module which gives PC based prototyping of embedded software a boost. The screenshot shows three different processes, Firefox on GTK+ with two DirectFB example programs. All run in the same X11 window which is the screen of the multi application core DirectFB session. Click on the news header... dok 2008-05-27   DirectFB Apparel and Gifts As some of you might have already noticed by looking at the Main menu or by being subscribed to the users mailing list, we have opened our first merchandizing shop at spreadshirt.net. So if you like DirectFB and want to propagate that, stop by at our shop and get some nice clothing, or a cup for your coffee. They look nice, help you stay awake to contribute to the project and you donate money to the community, since all the money we receive will be spent to buy hardware for DirectFB and Open Source Community programmers, or support them otherwise. If you have special wishes about styles, or some nice graphics for our store, feel free to contact me. nin 2008-05-21   CELF-Videos Finally available on directfb.org: The CELF-Keynote video from the conference held at the Computer Museum in Mountain View, CA, can be watched here. To see the Renesas-Presentation on Writing DirectFB Graphics Drivers follow this link. And last but not least the Disko Application Presentation. nin 2008-05-13   Liaison Statement to DirectFB.org (SC 29 N 9423) " In accordance with Resolution 13.1.1 taken at the 84th ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 11 meeting, 2008-04-28/05-02, Archamps, France, I am pleased to send the following Liaison statement. SC 29 N 9423 [SC 29/WG 11 N 9868] : Liaison Statement from SC 29/WG 11 on MPEG Extensible Middleware (MXM) " Click on news title... dok 2008-05-02   Recent developments While we're still working out our business plan, we're also looking for investors and other people willing to help. If you're interested, please send me a mail, preferably something with DirectFB in the subject to avoid me deleting it by accident :) Furthermore, newer technologies will remain closed source until they can be fully used and would take a lot of time to be copied, especially regarding Water, which is already quite different from what you get in git! I'm tired of companies using my ideas in their own closed source products... dok

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