Color management/HDR protocol just got finalized - Wayland

gitlab.freedesktop.org staging: add color management protocol (!14) · Merge requests · wayland / wayland-protocols · GitLab

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.

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Color management/HDR protocol just got finalized - Wayland

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Color management/HDR protocol just got finalized - Wayland

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Color management/HDR protocol just got finalized - Wayland

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Wut mean from basic Linux enjoyer perspective?
- 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.
  
  Kde plasma (wayland) already has an HDR checkbox and i have it enabled.
  Is it not really working yet?
  
  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.
- TL;DR: More colors.
  Though that is a gross oversimplification of it.