DirectFB, a thin library that provides hardware graphics acceleration, input device handling and abstraction, an integrated windowing system with support for translucent windows and multiple display layers on top of the Linux framebuffer device, has been released under the terms of the LGPL. It is a complete hardware abstraction layer with software fallbacks for every graphics operation that is not supported by the underlying hardware.

License: free

Additional System Requirements:

• Linux Framebuffer Device

• Freetype 2 (for font loading)
• libpng, libjpeg (for image loading)
• V4L, avifile, libflash, libmpeg3 (for video playback)
• PS/2 and serial mice, keyboard, joystick (for input)
• remote controls (no drivers yet)
• Matrox G200/G400, ATI Rage128, NeoMagic, Voodoo