I used it. Didn't really notice much difference for a few days and then saw that it was maxing out one of my cores to I got rid of it. Might try redshift at some point, but I guess I can probably do without as I mostly code 9-5.
Save your eyes, start using f.lux
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Re: Save your eyes, start using f.lux
#42As long as seeing correct color is not important to you. I'm the kind of person who can immediately tell when an LCD is not at native resolution and what temperature the color is set at, so the strong yellow tint of f.lux was unbearable. If your eyes hurt at night, just alter your brightness contrast, or write a script to do that instead of messing with color!
Why not mess with colour? I have no need to see the 'correct' colour, if it's less comfortable to me.
I actually leave my LCDs at a redder tint most of the time now, as I find it more comfortable. This is particularly useful as most desktop LCDs won't adjust their brightness down far enough for me. Laptops are better, since they actually bother to adjust the power of their backlight.
Re: Save your eyes, start using f.lux
#43I've been using for a couple of years and it's great :)
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#44I tried it and the only effect is that I get sleepy/tired when it gets darker. I seem to need my harsh cold 6300K in the night ;)
Isn't that completely the point of f.lux??
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#45I also use Nocturne for mac (http://www.blacktree.com) at night when I am reading something in bed. It turns the screen basically red and black, and is useless for anything besides text. Watching videos is impossible, so I just finish what I'm reading.
Re: Save your eyes, start using f.lux
#46On Linux, you can use Redshift: http://jonls.dk/redshift/
RedShift is pretty nice, easily configurable and you can just add it to your wm's startup. Pretty stable too, been using it for an year now.
Re: Save your eyes, start using f.lux
#47Has anyone done a rigorous experiment, even on just themselves, with f.lux or redshift?
Sleep-monitoring wristband data + "did I see a screen, a red-shifted screen, or no screen" would be really interesting to me.
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#48Haters gonna hate, I guess?
Mine is set to 4500K nighttime and I hardly notice it changing 4-5pm when the sun goes down. If I'm working on something that requires color accuracy, I use "disable for an hour" or I quit it.
So: When it (rarely) gets in the way, it's easy to swat away
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#49I've installed the ubuntu version into my kubuntu. After launching it does nothing. Which isn't strange because the /usr/bin/xflux is a 32-bit binary and the package didn't request the required libraries. I have to consider it doesn't support 64-bit linux.
Come on. Linux is not Windows. Everybody and their dog already run 64-bit version. It makes no sense not to. All the software is built for 64-bit too. It's just a fact of life. Nobody uses 32-bit anymore except for netbooks and like.
Re: Save your eyes, start using f.lux
#50This thing gets a lot of love by a bunch of folks here, so I gave it a good half year of trying. But it's just too annoying. Around 5pm, your display turns pinkish orange and it becomes a lot harder to see anything. Code gets harder to read, colors display wrong, video just fades to black. None of the advertised happiness ensues. The second half-year it remained installed, my only interaction with it was to notice it…
Whenever Flux gets mentioned, there's two groups of people: 1: Doesn't understand it, hates the "wrong" colors. Can't get used to it. 2: Appreciates the candle-like colors, says it helps them sleep in the evening or relaxes their eyes. I wonder if there's some sort of genetic difference? Maybe some people just aren't sensitive to bright light in the evening?
I'm not sure it's a genetic difference. I used to be in camp 1, despite trying Flux many times, but now I'm firmly in camp 2. The change for me was due to a change in working environment, and I imagine that's the difference for a lot of people: if you're in a brightly lit room anyway, then the colours becoming weird is just going to be irritating. If you're in a room with a lot of natural lighting, or trying to work on a plane or a bus, it might be different. Of course, either way, it's not suitable if you're doing colour-sensitive work or if you just want to watch a movie, but for reading or text-editing there's no real downside other than taste.
I think I speak for a lot of Flux users when I say that the point you really notice is when you're working late at night, and you turn off Flux after your eyes have acclimatised and all of a sudden you feel like you're in a tanning booth.