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Better lighting for your computer
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- f.lux indicator applet is an indicator applet to control xflux, an application
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- that makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day, warm
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- at nights and like sunlight during the day
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+ The f.lux indicator applet ` fluxgui ` is an indicator applet to control
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+ ` xflux ` , an application that makes the color of your computer's
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+ display adapt to the time of day, warm at nights and like sunlight
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+ during the day. Reducing blue light exposure in the evening can help
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+ you fall asleep at night. See https://justgetflux.com/research.html
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+ for more details.
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+ This project -- https://github.com/xflux-gui/xflux-gui -- is only
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+ concerned with the ` fluxgui ` indicator applet program, not with the
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+ underlying ` xflux ` program the indicator applet controls. The ` xflux `
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+ program is responsible for actually changing the color of your
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+ screen. See https://justgetflux.com/linux.html for more information
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+ about ` xflux ` .
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Install Instructions
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The f.lux indicator applet is released under the ** MIT License** .
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+ Developing
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+ When working on ` fluxgui ` , you can use
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+ ``` bash
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+ cd < path to your xflux-gui.git clone>
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+ PYTHONPATH=` pwd` /src:$PYTHONPATH ./fluxgui &
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+ ```
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+ to test your local copy of ` fluxgui ` without installing anything.
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