diff --git a/src/Avalonia.MicroCom/MicroComProxyBase.cs b/src/Avalonia.MicroCom/MicroComProxyBase.cs
index 140af3e4ef..fe8a2bf9cf 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.MicroCom/MicroComProxyBase.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.MicroCom/MicroComProxyBase.cs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.MicroCom
 
         protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
         {
-            if(_nativePointer == null)
+            if(_nativePointer == IntPtr.Zero)
                 return;
             if (_ownsHandle)
             {
diff --git a/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/Input/LibInput/LibInputBackend.cs b/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/Input/LibInput/LibInputBackend.cs
index 15d42789d4..702ae3f8e5 100644
--- a/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/Input/LibInput/LibInputBackend.cs
+++ b/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/Input/LibInput/LibInputBackend.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Threading;
 using Avalonia.Input;
 using Avalonia.Input.Raw;
-using Avalonia.Threading;
 using static Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer.Input.LibInput.LibInputNativeUnsafeMethods; 
 namespace Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer.Input.LibInput
 {
@@ -29,8 +27,6 @@ namespace Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer.Input.LibInput
             new Thread(()=>InputThread(ctx)).Start();
         }
 
-        
-        
         private unsafe void InputThread(IntPtr ctx)
         {
             var fd = libinput_get_fd(ctx);
@@ -143,8 +139,6 @@ namespace Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer.Input.LibInput
             }
             
         }
-            
-        
 
         public void Initialize(IScreenInfoProvider screen, Action<RawInputEventArgs> onInput)
         {
diff --git a/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/Input/NullInput/NullInputBackend.cs b/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/Input/NullInput/NullInputBackend.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05dd0195b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/Input/NullInput/NullInputBackend.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+using System;
+using Avalonia.Input;
+using Avalonia.Input.Raw;
+
+namespace Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer.Input.NullInput;
+
+public class NullInputBackend : IInputBackend
+{
+    public void Initialize(IScreenInfoProvider screen, Action<RawInputEventArgs> onInput)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void SetInputRoot(IInputRoot root)
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/LinuxFramebufferPlatform.cs b/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/LinuxFramebufferPlatform.cs
index bf9452e191..730eb0071d 100644
--- a/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/LinuxFramebufferPlatform.cs
+++ b/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/LinuxFramebufferPlatform.cs
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ namespace Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer
             Threading = new InternalPlatformThreadingInterface();
             if (_fb is IGlOutputBackend gl)
                 AvaloniaLocator.CurrentMutable.Bind<IPlatformOpenGlInterface>().ToConstant(gl.PlatformOpenGlInterface);
-            
+
             var opts = AvaloniaLocator.Current.GetService<LinuxFramebufferPlatformOptions>() ?? new LinuxFramebufferPlatformOptions();
-            
+
             AvaloniaLocator.CurrentMutable
                 .Bind<IPlatformThreadingInterface>().ToConstant(Threading)
                 .Bind<IRenderTimer>().ToConstant(new DefaultRenderTimer(opts.Fps))
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ namespace Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer
                 AvaloniaLocator.Current.GetService<IPlatformOpenGlInterface>());
         }
 
-       
-        internal static LinuxFramebufferLifetime Initialize<T>(T builder, IOutputBackend outputBackend) where T : AppBuilderBase<T>, new()
+
+        internal static LinuxFramebufferLifetime Initialize<T>(T builder, IOutputBackend outputBackend, IInputBackend inputBackend) where T : AppBuilderBase<T>, new()
         {
             var platform = new LinuxFramebufferPlatform(outputBackend);
             builder.UseSkia().UseWindowingSubsystem(platform.Initialize, "fbdev");
-            return new LinuxFramebufferLifetime(platform._fb);
+            return new LinuxFramebufferLifetime(platform._fb, inputBackend);
         }
     }
 
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@ namespace Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer
         {
             _fb = fb;
         }
-        
+
         public LinuxFramebufferLifetime(IOutputBackend fb, IInputBackend input)
         {
             _fb = fb;
             _inputBackend = input;
         }
-        
+
         public Control MainView
         {
             get => (Control)_topLevel?.Content;
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer
         {
             Startup?.Invoke(this, new ControlledApplicationLifetimeStartupEventArgs(args));
         }
-        
+
         public void Shutdown(int exitCode)
         {
             ExitCode = exitCode;
@@ -140,22 +140,22 @@ namespace Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer
 
 public static class LinuxFramebufferPlatformExtensions
 {
-    public static int StartLinuxFbDev<T>(this T builder, string[] args, string fbdev = null, double scaling = 1)
+    public static int StartLinuxFbDev<T>(this T builder, string[] args, string fbdev = null, double scaling = 1, IInputBackend inputBackend = default)
         where T : AppBuilderBase<T>, new() =>
-        StartLinuxDirect(builder, args, new FbdevOutput(fileName: fbdev, format: null) { Scaling = scaling });
-    public static int StartLinuxFbDev<T>(this T builder, string[] args, string fbdev, PixelFormat? format, double scaling)
+        StartLinuxDirect(builder, args, new FbdevOutput(fileName: fbdev, format: null) { Scaling = scaling }, inputBackend);
+    public static int StartLinuxFbDev<T>(this T builder, string[] args, string fbdev, PixelFormat? format, double scaling, IInputBackend inputBackend = default)
         where T : AppBuilderBase<T>, new() =>
-        StartLinuxDirect(builder, args, new FbdevOutput(fileName: fbdev, format: format) { Scaling = scaling });
-
-    public static int StartLinuxDrm<T>(this T builder, string[] args, string card = null, double scaling = 1)
-        where T : AppBuilderBase<T>, new() => StartLinuxDirect(builder, args, new DrmOutput(card) {Scaling = scaling});
-    public static int StartLinuxDrm<T>(this T builder, string[] args, string card = null, bool connectorsForceProbe = false, [CanBeNull] DrmOutputOptions options = null)
-        where T : AppBuilderBase<T>, new() => StartLinuxDirect(builder, args, new DrmOutput(card, connectorsForceProbe, options));
-    
-    public static int StartLinuxDirect<T>(this T builder, string[] args, IOutputBackend backend)
+        StartLinuxDirect(builder, args, new FbdevOutput(fileName: fbdev, format: format) { Scaling = scaling }, inputBackend);
+
+    public static int StartLinuxDrm<T>(this T builder, string[] args, string card = null, double scaling = 1, IInputBackend inputBackend = default)
+        where T : AppBuilderBase<T>, new() => StartLinuxDirect(builder, args, new DrmOutput(card) { Scaling = scaling }, inputBackend);
+    public static int StartLinuxDrm<T>(this T builder, string[] args, string card = null, bool connectorsForceProbe = false, [CanBeNull] DrmOutputOptions options = null, IInputBackend inputBackend = default)
+        where T : AppBuilderBase<T>, new() => StartLinuxDirect(builder, args, new DrmOutput(card, connectorsForceProbe, options), inputBackend);
+
+    public static int StartLinuxDirect<T>(this T builder, string[] args, IOutputBackend outputBackend, IInputBackend inputBackend = default)
         where T : AppBuilderBase<T>, new()
     {
-        var lifetime = LinuxFramebufferPlatform.Initialize(builder, backend);
+        var lifetime = LinuxFramebufferPlatform.Initialize(builder, outputBackend, inputBackend);
         builder.SetupWithLifetime(lifetime);
         lifetime.Start(args);
         builder.Instance.Run(lifetime.Token);