I accidentally found out that mpv can play videos from the TTY, meaning I don't have to log in to a graphical session. It even has a scaled OSD, unlike anything I've seen in a terminal UI....
Have a look at fbida. It provides fbi (an image viewer), fbpdf (a PDF viewer), and a few other apps that all run in a framebuffer.
There’s also w3m, which is a basic web browser capable of displaying images inline; although this requires some hacking in order to work in a vanilla TTY. What could be easier is a using a kiosk window manager (such as Cage) to launch a lightweight terminal (like st, urxvt, or xterm).
Yes this has been asked and answered a million times I’m sure. There is a plethora of ‘top ten distros for Linux gaming’ lists out there and the majority of posts I can find on That Other Site seem to devolve into “every distro can do games”....
Reccomend applications that don't need a display server? ( kbin.social )
I accidentally found out that mpv can play videos from the TTY, meaning I don't have to log in to a graphical session. It even has a scaled OSD, unlike anything I've seen in a terminal UI....
Linux - video editing software? ( kbin.social )
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Recommended distros for privacy? ( kbin.social )
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This again: What distro are you using for gaming?
Yes this has been asked and answered a million times I’m sure. There is a plethora of ‘top ten distros for Linux gaming’ lists out there and the majority of posts I can find on That Other Site seem to devolve into “every distro can do games”....