[Openicc] Profile installation and association for Linux/Unix/X11

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Kai-Uwe Behrmann wrote:

> I do not much understand the implications of VNC. So Please correct me

VNC simply ships the raw pixels from a remote display to a window on 
the local display.

> if you can and feel its needed. As I have not heard of a display
> characterisation meachanism in VNC, I would assume a thumb connection.
> It remains to do the following:
> a) the VNC server (remote host) has to compensate simply to sRGB
> b) the VNC client (local host) can compensate for the local screen
>   converting from sRGB to _ICC_PROFILE_xxx

I am not aware of any VNC which does any color transformations at all. 
VNC servers do not attempt to normalize the color.  Clients do not 
know anything about the color characteristics of the exported display.
Color quality may be intentionally reduced in order to improve 
transfer performance.

I am on a few VNC development mailing lists and this is the first time 
I have heard color management mentioned as pertains to VNC.

Bob
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