Brightness and gamma applet

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Sets brightness and gamma levels of a screen

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Brightness and gamma applet

An applet that sets brightness and gamma levels of a screen for Linux Mint Cinnamon

Features

Set brightness of the screen
Set gamma of the screen
Customizable:
- Customize an icon shown in a panel
- Show: all values, brightness or gamma
- Set: minimum and maximum value thresholds

Installation

Extract .zip archive to ~/.local/share/cinnamon/applets
Enable the applet in Cinnammon settings

Usage

To specify a screen and outputs:

Right click on the applet
From "Screen" submenu click on a screen
From "Outputs" submenu click on an output

Source code

Browse the source of the applet in the original repository.

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10 Comments

ben2talk-3 weeks ago

I'm curious why this applet works the way it does... I also installed QRedshift - which enables me to switch the setting (i.e. dim the screen) with a keyboard shortcut, also right click to restore the 'default' (transparent) daytime setting. So what does this applet offer?

Phil995511-7 months ago

Excellent applet, works perfectly, thank you for this software.

Marko-8 months ago

Excellent. Why not add gamma setting? This should be integrated into the Linux Mint because it is 21st century.

wizzwizz2-1 year ago

This works perfectly, and is simple to use. Thank you!

Jocix-1 year ago

Excellent applet. Tnx! :)

peter urquidez-2 years ago

i changed the settings and now don't know how to reset them to default.

Ryan Parmeter-2 years ago

Is it intended that this only operates on one monitor at a time? I have to switch back and fourth between outputs to adjust each screen. My feature request would be to add a "lock" option where all outputs are synced. Thanks for the applet cardsurf!

Erick Setha-2 years ago

Thank you very much. However, upon using it for a 24 hour long, the LCD monitor screen would slowly be brighten back to 100 percent. I would need to keep changing it back to 60 percent every hour or so. If I play Starcraft 2 on PlayonLinux, the brightness would bounce back from 60 percent to 100 percent right away. LM18.2 Cinnamon with Linux 4.8.0-53-generic. GeForce GTX 750 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA 375.66

Nokia808-2 years ago

Thank you very much for this very nice applet !! But why lower limit is just at 30 ?? Can you please make it 20 ? Best

J Kesler-2 years ago

Exactly what I wanted. Thanks cardsurf for a perfectly simple applet. For months I have been using xrandr from the command line to adjust my external monitor's brightness. This is so much nicer.