Instead of adjusting the backlight, this app uses xrandr to change the brightness of the image displayed on your screen. This can be useful for displays without an adjustable backlight, displays with a too-bright minimum, or too-dark maximum backlight, or OLED displays. Setups with multipe displays (maximum 4 displays) can also be adjusted with different brightness levels.
On elementaryOS simply install Dimmer from AppCenter:
These dependencies must be present before building:
- debhelper
- gettext
- libgranite-dev
- libgtk-3-dev
- libgee-0.8-dev
- meson
- valac
You can install these by executing the command:
sudo apt install meson valac libgranite-dev libgtk-3-dev libgee-0.8-dev gettext debhelper
Flatpak dependencies:
sudo apt install elementary-sdk \
&& sudo flatpak install -y appcenter io.elementary.Platform io.elementary.Sdk
Building
meson build && cd build
meson configure -Dprefix=/usr`
ninja
Installing
sudo ninja install
Flatpak Building & Installing
flatpak-builder build com.github.panosx2.brightness.yml --user --install --force-clean
Stripe is not yet available in my country. If you like Dimmer and you want to support its development, consider donating via PayPal