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by seba_dos1 3037 days ago
> Except that they only set it for the primary output. Turns out if you have multiple displays, the profile for the first one is put into the _ICC_PROFILE X11 atom, but the profile for the second one in the _ICC_PROFILE_1 X11 atom, for the third display in the _ICC_PROFILE_2 X11 atom, and so on. It’s just that nobody seems to do this.

Sounds like an easy thing to fix. I'd suggest the author to try and make some patches - don't know about GNOME, but KDE is pretty friendly and easy to contribute to.
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pjmlp 3037 days ago
Not everyone is a developer, and this type of comments is why everyone that cares about UI/UX design professionally, eventually goes back to Windows or macOS.
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serf 3037 days ago
That type of comment is also the underlying reason why Linux improves/fixes things at such an astronomical rate compared to either of the choices you listed.

It's not just saying "Hey you, go fix that." , it's saying "Hey everyone viewing this comment on a public page : this exists and needs to be fixed. Someone grab a wrench."

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nitrogen 3037 days ago
The Linux desktop ecosystem's development model is highly prone to regression, though. I've been using it since Xmms was the most advanced media player. I've seen lots of things fixed, only for them to break again a yeaf or two later.

So sure, things are fixed at an astronomical rate, but that's because things are also decaying at an astronomical rate so there's a constant supply of low hanging fruit

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pjmlp 3037 days ago
Yet the two most successfully desktop experiences among common users, based on Linux, don't expose any details of its eco-system. Quite telling.
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giovannicarruba 3037 days ago
Which two are those?
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pjmlp 3037 days ago
ChromeOS and Android.
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giovannicarruba 3037 days ago
I have yet to see an Android desktop.
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coldtea 3037 days ago
>That type of comment is also the underlying reason why Linux improves/fixes things at such an astronomical rate compared to either of the choices you listed.

Huh? Linux is behind both Windows and OS X in most non-server related areas. They can't even agree on a good compositor...

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drdaeman 3037 days ago
Except that there is no "they". Unlike with Windows or macOS there is no Microsoft or Apple to make decisions for the whole "ecosystem". There are distro vendors, but they're more like app stores shipping pre-configured pieces (including pieces that we consider to be core OS functionalities). And there are a lot of them, so lack of consensus is not surprising. And then many vendors offer options to install this-and-that, so it's up to users to decide what exactly they build on their machines...

Given that there is no such thing as just "Linux desktop" (I mean, my setup can be completely different from another persons' one), it's hard to say whenever it's ahead or behind, unless every component option is known to be such.

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seba_dos1 3037 days ago
...and this type of replies is why it stays that way.

Well, at least when ignoring the UI/UX mention that has absolutely nothing to do with the discussion here (color correction is required in many fields, but UI and UX aren't really those ones).

The author seems to be technical enough to make a nice analysis of what's done and what needs to be done. I suspect he might be able to provide this particular fix himself - or, if he isn't, then he might be able to contribute by providing a well-detailed feature request for others to implement (with that even I might be able to go and fix it, while without it I surely won't, as I lack the knowledge, hardware and in fact even awareness of this problem; only reading this post put some light on it for me).

Some people don't do the mental switch between "I'll wait for fix" and "I'll fix it" if they're not used to it, even if they are perfectly capable of fixing it and have time for it. I see it on my own example, as there were some parts of the stack I never really considered digging into to fix stuff by myself, and when I finally tried, turned out there was no reason to keep myself restrained. It's just a friendly reminder that you can often fix such stuff by yourself and it might be not as hard as it seems.

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hughsient 3037 days ago
Not an easy thing. The ICC-in-X specification specifies the index as the Xinerama screen number, which has no meaning with XRANDR-on-XOrg, and even less meaning on Wayland. There's nothing in the protocol to tie the ID to a monitor, or even a predictable hotplug order. This is why the device-id in colord exists.

Source: colord author.

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jhasse 3037 days ago
GNOME isn't.
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