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A comment on Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?.

Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? by lbruand on Friday March 31, 2017 @08:59AM (#14003218)
- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop

- HEADLINE: Automated night mode so I can sleep well after work

- DESCRIPTION: Reducing the amount of blue light during the night is proven to help people finding sleep after having used their computer at night. So during the night, the desktop automatedly reduce the amount of blue light emitted on the screen by shifting the color balance.

- ROLE/AFFILIATION: Dev/Machine learner

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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? by scribu on Friday March 31, 2017 @09:22AM (#14003414)
Back when I was using Ubuntu, I could install an app called Redshift, which is basically the Linux equivalent for f.lux.
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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? by chimeracoder on Friday March 31, 2017 @10:00AM (#14003832)
Redshift is great. I have a systemd user unit for it, and I actually prefer it to Flux on OS X.
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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? by reactor on Friday March 31, 2017 @11:06AM (#14004534)
Setting up (configure/build + daemon) Redshift is bit pain, a built-in would be awesome, similar to the one just launched in GNOME.
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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? by JdeBP on Friday March 31, 2017 @02:05PM (#14006358)
Why did you build from source and make your own daemon instead of using the Ubuntu package?

* http://packages.ubuntu.com/yakkety/redshift

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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? by singlow on Friday March 31, 2017 @09:56AM (#14003795)
There is f.lux for Ubuntu. Although maybe not for Unity? I use Gnome.
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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? by vetinari on Friday March 31, 2017 @01:29PM (#14006028)
f.lux for Linux is an X11 app, it does not care for Unity or Gnome. You have to manually start it after you log-in, or find out how to make it autostart. Not very user-friendly.

Being X11 app means, it does not work with Wayland.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? by artursapek on Friday March 31, 2017 @10:22AM (#14004044)
I'm running it with Unity
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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? by lousken on Friday March 31, 2017 @11:16AM (#14004654)
it has been broken for a while; nobody maintains it afaik
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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? by tasuki on Friday March 31, 2017 @09:27AM (#14003494)
sudo apt-get install redshift redshift-gtk
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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? by laken on Friday March 31, 2017 @09:17AM (#14003367)
This is a feature I'd really like as well, a blue light filter is a must for me on any device with a screen. I've always had problems with f.lux to behave correctly on Linux, so having one built into the OS (as an option of course) would be great.
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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? by green7ea on Friday March 31, 2017 @09:24AM (#14003447)
I used redshift successfully for a time. It worked rather well but I don't know the current state (eg does it support wayland)
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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? by __roland__ on Friday March 31, 2017 @09:49AM (#14003719)
Redshift still works quite well. Maybe it should be pre-installed and better 'advertised'. Many people still don't know that this is a very nice feature to have.
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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? by benbristow on Friday March 31, 2017 @09:30AM (#14003519)
Windows has recently integrated this in the 'creators update' as a feature. Would be nice to see Ubuntu follow suit.
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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? by Razengan on Friday March 31, 2017 @10:26AM (#14004097)
macOS just got it too in 10.12.4
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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? by AresMinos on Saturday April 01, 2017 @07:25AM (#14011609)
I would love to have that feature, automated blue light filtering and or screen dimming :)
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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? by finchisko on Friday March 31, 2017 @10:05AM (#14003868)
+1 every system now has it. so make sense to join the club
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