staging: add color management protocol (!14) · Merge requests · wayland / wayland-protocols · GitLab
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The aim of the color management extension is to allow clients to know the color properties of outputs, and to tell the compositor about the color properties of...

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/53432328

KDE, Gnome, Gamescope and now Wlroots already have a working implementation of the protocol. 2025 Year of the Linux Desktop.

  • sunzu2
    7•1 day ago

    Wut mean from basic Linux enjoyer perspective?

    • @patatahooligan
      18•1 day ago

      HDR means better contrast and colors if your monitor supports it.

      The news in the OP specifically mean that the protocol is finalized, but you still have to wait for it to get implemented.

      • @[email protected]
        3•22 hours ago

        Kde plasma (wayland) already has an HDR checkbox and i have it enabled.

        Is it not really working yet?

        • @patatahooligan
          5•21 hours ago

          KDE and Hyprland have it already apparently, as well as the embedded gamescope session. It still needs to be implemented by apps/games as well, though. According to this mpv and games running on recent Proton versions have HDR support.

    • @[email protected]English
      7•1 day ago

      TL;DR: More colors.

      Though that is a gross oversimplification of it.