DirectFB 1.6 Is Coming Soon While 2.0 Is Far-Out

[phoronix]

Phoronix: DirectFB 1.6 Is Coming Soon While 2.0 Is Far-Out

Back in January the release of DirectFB 1.6 was imminent, but then the developers behind this frame-buffer project ended up dragging the release on for stabilization reasons. This month is now the project's revised target for doing the first DirectFB 1.6 stable release...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTA2OTc

[Walldorf2000]

DirectFB - what for?

Is it "Wayland for desktop and DirectFB for embedded devices?"

Or is it a direct competition for the X Server successor?

[uwgandalf]

Is it "Wayland for desktop and DirectFB for embedded devices?"

Or is it a direct competition for the X Server successor?

Good question, if it's a complete XServer successor like wayland, why did Wayland get such traction and not these guys, I can see code as old as 7 years.