The complaints in this article appear to be regarding OS-controlled lut adjustments, i.e. via special X11 features. I've used color calibrated monitors on linux in color-sensitive industries with hundreds or even thousands of artist seats (including film, animation, vfx, real-time, etc.) and the monitor has always been calibrated via the physical menus/buttons on the bezel and not a software/OS monitor-specific lut adjustment.
I'm not judging which is better or worse as it would indeed be nice if the calibration could be controlled by the OS. I'm just saying that adjusting the monitor hardware directly is what's being done in the pro linux content creation world. Also, I imagine that certain brightness and color gamut controls could only happen from the bezel controls. Dreamcolors can switch between srgb & P3 for example.
i don't know color management, but it sounds like the situation is analogous to complaining that VLC on linux doesn't have volume controls (for example; of course it does in reality...) when the solution is to reach over and twist your hardware volume knob.
it's good to know that you've found the controls sufficient on the systems you have adjusted!
I'm not judging which is better or worse as it would indeed be nice if the calibration could be controlled by the OS. I'm just saying that adjusting the monitor hardware directly is what's being done in the pro linux content creation world. Also, I imagine that certain brightness and color gamut controls could only happen from the bezel controls. Dreamcolors can switch between srgb & P3 for example.