{"id":9576,"date":"2019-11-27T14:26:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T14:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=9576"},"modified":"2019-11-27T14:26:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T14:26:07","slug":"different-screen-brightness-battery-ac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/11\/different-screen-brightness-battery-ac\/","title":{"rendered":"Set 2 Different Screen Brightness for Ubuntu 18.04 Laptop on Battery \/ AC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/classic-gnome-icon.png\" alt=\"gnome shell\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5741\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This simple tutorial is going to show how to set two different screen brightness levels for AC adapter or on battery.<\/p>\n<p>So Ubuntu 18.04 (or Ubuntu 19.10) laptop with the default Gnome 3 desktop will automatically dim screen when the charger is unplugged.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.)<\/b> Open Ubuntu Software, search for and install &#8216;dim on battery power&#8217; (without quote).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/install-dimonbattery-600x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"242\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/install-dimonbattery-600x242.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/install-dimonbattery-450x182.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/install-dimonbattery-768x310.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/install-dimonbattery.jpg 773w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.)<\/b> Then launch the extension settings either in Ubuntu Software or via <b>Gnome Tweaks > Extensions<\/b> (<i>install Gnome Tweaks via Ubuntu Software<\/i>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/open-dimonbatterysettings-600x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"237\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/open-dimonbatterysettings-600x237.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/open-dimonbatterysettings-450x178.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/open-dimonbatterysettings.jpg 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When it opens, change the values of screen brightness on battery or AC power.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dimbattery-settings-600x319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"319\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dimbattery-settings-600x319.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dimbattery-settings-450x239.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dimbattery-settings.jpg 622w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. Enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This simple tutorial is going to show how to set two different screen brightness levels for AC adapter or on battery. So Ubuntu 18.04 (or Ubuntu 19.10) laptop with the default Gnome 3 desktop will automatically dim screen when the charger is unplugged. 1.) Open Ubuntu Software, search for and install &#8216;dim on battery power&#8217; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1840],"class_list":["post-9576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-dim-screen-unplugged"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}