<s>
The	O
LinuxTV	B-Language
project	O
is	O
an	O
informal	O
group	O
of	O
volunteers	O
who	O
develop	O
software	O
regarding	O
digital	B-Application
television	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Linux	O
kernel-based	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
community	O
develops	O
and	O
maintains	O
the	O
Digital	B-Application
Video	I-Application
Broadcasting	I-Application
(	O
DVB	B-Application
)	O
driver	O
subsystem	O
which	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
since	O
version	O
2.6.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
LinuxTV	B-Language
CVS	O
include	O
a	O
fair	O
number	O
of	O
drivers	O
for	O
commonly	O
available	O
PCI	O
cards	O
and	O
USB	O
devices	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
DVB	B-Application
subsystem	O
core	O
is	O
also	O
targeted	O
towards	O
set-top	O
boxes	O
which	O
run	O
some	O
(	O
embedded	O
)	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LinuxTV	B-Language
project	O
was	O
originally	O
initiated	O
by	O
the	O
Berlin	O
,	O
Germany	O
based	O
company	O
Convergence	O
Integrated	O
Media	O
GmbH	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
to	O
distribute	O
free	O
and	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
the	O
production	O
,	O
distribution	O
and	O
reception	O
of	O
digital	B-Application
television	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
both	O
Convergence	O
GmbH	O
and	O
Galaxis	O
AG	O
went	O
bankrupt	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
the	O
LinuxTV	B-Language
project	O
lives	O
on	O
independently	O
,	O
being	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
large	O
developer	O
community	O
that	O
had	O
gathered	O
around	O
the	O
project	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
significant	O
Convergence	O
development	O
is	O
DirectFB	B-Application
,	O
a	O
thin	O
library	O
that	O
provides	O
hardware	O
graphics	O
acceleration	O
and	O
windowing	O
features	O
for	O
GTK+	B-Application
-based	O
and	O
other	O
graphical	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
applications	O
without	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
X.Org	B-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
which	O
its	O
developers	O
claim	O
"	O
adds	O
graphical	O
power	O
to	O
embedded	O
systems	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
