Virtual terminal with at least 16bit color?

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It's 2013 and there should be terminals with more than 256 colors by now (you'd think).

Are there any terminals with more than 8bit colors (usually from 8 bit we jump to 16bit) to use with linux?

Ideally, I'd like to have a linux terminal with 32bit colors for the foreground and background of each character. So, the functionality would be the same, with escape sequences, but just more of them (or something like that?).

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 02 '13 at 02:57

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Check out the new kmscon userspace console. It runs in KMS/DRM mode (like the Linux console) and support 256 colors, and vector fonts.

answered Jul 02 '13 at 02:57

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Virtual terminal with at least 16bit color?

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