Re:We just need an alternative to X (Score 1)

Although I agree that many of the things that Mike Paquette wrote about have now been implemented in X11 there is one glaring exception. "4) Add ColorSync support for drawing and imaging operations, display calibration" X11 now has the _ICC_PROFILE atom and this is a small step in this direction but it is missing many of the features needed to create a ColorSync like environment. There are some third party utilities that implement some of the ColorSync functionality like the LUT loader in ArgyllCMS and the Oyranos utilities (Oyranos is intended to implement a complete ColorSync like system). At this point Oyranos is immature at best and since ColorSync works not only with displays but with other devices like cameras, scanners and printers this is a much broader issue than just X11. But even in the X11 area color management is still the red headed step child and much work remains to be done before any claims of parity with ColorSync can be made.