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Redshift Alternative? (lemmy.ml)

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Redshift does not work properly half of the times and I am looking for another foss alternative.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Have you considered using Redshift manually? Here's what I do:

First, uninstall redshift-gtk and just install redshift.

Next, according to redshift -h

The neutral temperature is 6500K. Using this value will not change the color
temperature of the display. Setting the color temperature to a value higher
than this results in more blue light, and setting a lower value will result in
more red light.

Default values:
Daytime temperature: 6500K
Night temperature: 4500K

So, create two scripts, for example "Redshift-On.sh" and "Redshift-Off.sh". In the former copy and paste:

#!/bin/sh 
redshift -P -O 4500K

and in the latter copy and paste:

#!/bin/sh 
redshift -P -O 6500K

In my case, I create custom menu items (Mint's menu editor) and link them to those scripts so I can run them from the main application menu/ add them to my dock.