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f.lux is an application which adapts the colour of your computer's screen to the time of day.

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How can I make the mouse cursor render with software instead of hardware?

I use a program called f.lux to change the display color. However, the color does not affect the mouse: leaving it an ugly bright white. A partial fix is to set the registry value of mouse trails to -...
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How do I keep the app f.lux in bedtime mode during the day?

How do I keep the app f.lux in bedtime mode during the day? I want to be able to toggle f.lux on all the time This app is great, especially if you are coding on a high energy 27inch Apple cinema ...
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Is there a work around to configure brightness or color on a DisplayLink monitor?

I run 3 monitors in addition to my laptop display at work - two of the monitors are using DisplayLink adapters. I've always thought that all my displays were too bright (and possibly give me ...
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MacOS displaylink flux not working on external screens

I have an Apple M2 Macbook Pro and a dual external monitor setup with a DisplayLink manager adapter. When I try to enable f.lux on two external monitors the colors are not changing and it's always ...
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Dim screen below minimum brightness level

I have both set my screen brightness to 0% in Windows 10 and activated f.lux at the lowest possible value (2700K), but I still think it's too bright. Is it possible to further dim the screen or ...
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f.lux causes primary monitor text to be blurry and cyan

When I use f.lux, my primary monitor's text (and only my primary monitor), turns blurry and bright cyan, to the point where it's hard to look at it. I think this might have to do with Windows's DPI ...
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Run f.lux on startup of system (Debian)

I would like to use command on startup to activate f.lux: xflux -k 2200 -l 41 -g 175 -nofork I tried couple of methods. Nothing worked. Now I try this one and it also doesn't work: Put the ...
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f.lux overrides media player classic settings

I've bin using f.lux for a while and its a great app. As for me, the only (tiny) drawback that makes f.lux almost perfect but not completely perfect - is some issue that I'm having with video ...
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How do I decrease the screen brightness in f.lux?

I've heard that, in addition to controlling screen temperature, you can use f.lux to decrease the brightness of your screen. However, I couldn't find a brightness option in settings, nor could I find ...
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How to make f.lux change the lighting more smoothly and gradually

I'm on windows 10, using f.lux to change the colour on my monitor as the evening arrives. I was wondering if there is a way to make this happen more gradually. As it is now, 5:30pm arrives and then ...
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How to uninstall flux on linux?

Flux is a lighting app which malfunctions on my laptop. I tried sudo apt-get remove flux in the terminal, but it responds with "the package doesn't exist".
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Flux changes color quickly

I've been using f.lux which is a desktop color management software which adjusts the color of screen to reduce blues during night time. My understanding is that's meant to slowly adjust the color as ...
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Inverted mouse colors not working while running f.lux

I have set my mouse up to show inverted colors. The problem is that when I got to class today after removing my laptop from the other monitors it was connected to; the mouse color inversion was simply ...
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Run f.lux at STARTUP, not login

All of the other "startup" questions have to do with post-login execution, when I'm trying to get a program to run when you press the power button. I'm using the application f.lux, and restart my ...
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How to change the color temperature in games on Windows 7?

I used to use Windows XP and used the program f.lux to change my color temperature to my preference. The program also changed the color temperature when running games. I upgraded to Windows 7 and ...

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