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<H2><A NAME="sec-future"></A> <A NAME="s9">9.</A> <A HREF="lct.html#toc9">The future of the console driver and of the Linux Console Tools</A></H2>
<P>The Linux Console Tools were derived from kbd. It is not a good thing to have two
distinct distributions for these tools, so we once hoped we'd manage
to finally merge the two packages back, together with Andries Brouwer,
who still maintains <CODE>kbd</CODE>. However, due to the lack of technical
cooperation from <CODE>kbd</CODE>'s maintainer, and to the growing gap with
<CODE>kbd</CODE>, this project is now on hold.</P>
<P>The driver in 2.2.x kernel has been reworked a lot, and it seems it
will continue to evolve in 2.3.x. There are already some new
features, such as fonts with width != 8, which will be supported in
the future.</P>
<P>There is an ongoing project, known as GGI (for General Graphical
Interface), which is in the process of, among other things,
revolutionarize the way the console is handled. Have a look at
<A HREF="http://www.ggi-project.org/">their WWW site</A> for details.</P>
<P>As far as possible, I will try to keep the Linux Console Tools in sync with what is
developped for the kernel, and to what gets added to new releases of
kbd but I have to look better at the current state of the GGI project
before I give any more info.</P>
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