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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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Flux Disabling it for specific Windows/Monitors (VLC hardware overlay?)

F.lux is some color management application. My problem, with multiple monitors, is that I multitask. There are not distinct movie watching times, and coding/working/browser times; It is just all at ...
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How to apply software display calibration while running F.lux?

I got great results from doing software calibration with Color Management in Windows 7, but F.lux resets the profile to its own every second. Is there any other way to calibrate the display that works ...
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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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Light grays as white on monitor

Light gray colors appear as white on my monitor. Like #f5f5f5 appears as #ffffff. Many website forms use light grays for outlines which makes it hard to see the inputs. But in the night time when ...
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How can I change my display to 24 or 32 bit in ubuntu?

I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 and I'm trying to use f.lux with ubuntu, but when I start it I get Sorry, we only support 24/32-bit displays right now. How can I change my display to 24 or 32 bit? I'd ...
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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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How to have f.lux instantly change the color temperature when switching between apps where it is enabled/disabled

I have disabled f.lux for the Preview app and enabled it elsewhere. Whenever I switch between Preview and other apps, it takes a few seconds to change the color temperature from 6500 K to the ...
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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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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 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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