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I'd love to try out f.lux but I am a little wary of installing a binary that messes with my xwindow settings. I wish the source was available...

• adlwalrus 14y ago
  There are in fact a number of free solutions... IIRC redshift was the most developed of them when I looked into it a while back. http://alternativeto.net/software/f46lux/?license=opensource http://alternativeto.net/software/f46lux/?license=opensource
  • dfc 14y ago
    Nice! Thanks for the tip: dfc@ronin:~$ apt-cache search redshift gtk-redshift - Adjusts the color temperature of your screen with GTK+ integration redshift - Adjusts the color temperature of your screen
  • agumonkey 14y ago
    Another thanks, the benefits are instantaneous, incredible.
• svasan 14y ago
  Side note about f.lux. I installed f.lux on my windows XP laptop and it kind of messed up the settings. The funny thing is even after uninstalling f.lux, my laptop retained the brightness settings that were set by f.lux. (Thankfully, it is fixed now.) It also crashed a few times due to its memory consumption. Issues highlighted in the FAQ page here. http://stereopsis.com/flux/faq.html http://stereopsis.com/flux/faq.html