Soothe your eyes and maintain better sleep rhythms using Night Color (20.04) or Redshift (18.04) blue light filter.
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The Night Color (20.04) or Redshift (18.04) widget is found in the system tray for all user accounts created on the Focus since March 2020.
This option is only useful for 18.04 systems that do not have the system tray widget. Do not use if you are running 20.04.
18.04. Right-click on the panel and select Unlock Widgets.
20.04. This step is not needed or available.
18.04 and 20.04. Right click and select Add Widgets…
Search for Redshift in the Widget panel (shown here at left).
Double-click on the widget to add to the panel. A (1) will appear in the panel to indicate success.
The widget as appended to the end of the panel — in this case, at the bottom right corner.
Right click on the panel and select Panel Setting…
Grab and drag the widget to the desired location.
Right click on the widget to configure.
Use Geohints to automatically set the filter.
Click on the widget to toggle Redshift on and off.
Right-click on the desktop to Lock widgets again.
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