FbTerm is a fast terminal emulator for linux with the frame buffer device or a VESA video card. fbterm supports the mouse (provided gpm is running) and is able to share the console with (some) other applications, such as "mplayer -vo fbdev2". It also uses the same fonts as X, and renders them with lovely antialiasing like modern X terminals. fbterm has *much* better Unicode support than the plain Linux framebuffer console. Also included is a handy utility called checkfb, which simply checks for the presence and usability of the framebuffer device, and shows its resolution and bit depth. This package uses POSIX filesystem capabilities to execute with elevated privileges (required for keyboard shortcuts and console redirection). This may be considered a security risk. Please read http://www.slackbuilds.org/caps/ for more information. To disable capabilities, pass SETCAP=no to the script. See also the SECURITY NOTES section in the fbterm man page.