Modernizing the console with kmscon

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by OMG! Ubuntu / It's FOSS News / 9to5Linux / Fedora Magazine / Ubuntu Blog / Arch News / Debian News at 19 Oct, 08:00 UTC

For decades, the Linux virtual console has relied on the kernel fbcon driver, to draw the framebuffer, to manage fonts, and to handle keyboard layout. Starting with Fedora 45, we’re switching to a userspace utility called kmscon. Depending on your usage of virtual console, this may impact your…