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==History== Linux has had generic framebuffer support since the 2.1.109 kernel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Buell |first=Alex |date=5 August 2010 |title=Framebuffer HOWTO |url=https://tldp.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210091651/https://tldp.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO/ |archive-date=10 December 2023 |website=tldp.org |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> It was originally implemented to allow the kernel to emulate a text console on systems such as the [[Mac (computer)|Apple Macintosh]] that do not have a [[Text mode|text-mode display]], and was later expanded to the [[IBM PC compatible]] platform.
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