alienfx
AlienFX is a CLI and GUI utility to control the lighting effects of your Alienware computer. (by trackmastersteve)
rivalcfg
CLI tool and Python library to configure SteelSeries gaming mice (by flozz)
| alienfx | rivalcfg | |
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| 6 | 17 | |
| 269 | 745 | |
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| 8.1 | 7.6 | |
| about 2 months ago | 29 days ago | |
| Python | Python | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | Do What The F*ck You Want To Public License |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
alienfx
Posts with mentions or reviews of alienfx.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-28.
- Is there any way to change the thermal profile without using AWCC? Alienware X17 R1
- Alienware X17R1...with Linux: RGB Control?
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turning off the keyboard backlight aka sending binary data to usbs?
Hey. I recently installed pop on an alienware laptop and forgot to change the key lights before I obliterated windows. As a result of this - if the computer is on, the keyboard lights are on, and they shine a beautiful bright blue hue. I'd like to either make that a dim red or be able to turn it on and off. I tried alienfx for linux but it did not work for me. I looked through a few alternatives and it looks like they all operate in a similar way. It looks like I want to use python or c (probably python for something like this) and send codes like these to something. I'm not super familiar with this area of hardware/programming. I have no problem slowly going through these different tools and eventually figuring it out, but if there is an up to date / modern alternative to alienfx or some easy way to do what I have described, I'd love to save some time and frustration.
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Alienware Control Program available under Linus?
I had success with alienfx. Check if your device is supported here https://github.com/trackmastersteve/alienfx/blob/master/docs/Knowledgebase/Devicelist.md
- Windows 11 Officially Shuts Down Firefox’s Default Browser Workaround
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Alienware Command Center should go open source
Linux users need to have Windows installed just to tweak a fan setting or a keyboard lighting (You might be lucky if your system is supported by this but damn it give Linux users some support too)
rivalcfg
Posts with mentions or reviews of rivalcfg.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-02.
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Logitech Partners with iFixit for Self-Repairs
I assume you'd turn the LEDs off if you were using Windows using Steelseries' own software. If you use Linux you can turn it off with rivalcfg if your model is supported (https://flozz.github.io/rivalcfg/).
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My friend really hates RGB on his stuff.
In that line, rivalcfg works wonders for steelseries mice (can be used on windows as well), openrazer for Razer peripherals, and piper (Gui frontend for libratbag) for Logitech and some other brand mice.
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How do i customize Steelseries Apex 3?
Would this github repo be any help?
- Does steelseries GG engine work on linux?
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[Bottles] Is it possible to usb pass through?
You might want to give rivalcfg a look. It only handles mice but check if your model is supported. If not, you can contribute by providing some info about your mouse and it could be added in a future version.
- Release Rivalcfg v4.6.0 · Steelseries gaming mouse configurator
- Configuring Steelseries devices using Piper
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Issues with MOUSE1 (linux)
I'm also using a custom configuration tool I found for steelseries mice in case that matters
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Confusing times
Why would these projects exist: https://openrazer.github.io/ https://github.com/flozz/rivalcfg https://github.com/liquidctl/liquidctl https://openrgb.org/
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For people coming from a non-Arch linux, these equivalents I wrote really helped me and I hope they help you!
pkgfile --update sudo pacman -S python-pip git clone https://github.com/flozz/rivalcfg.git cd rivalcfg sudo pacman -S python3 sudo pip install . sudo rivalcfg --update-udev sudo rivalcfg -s 800
What are some alternatives?
When comparing alienfx and rivalcfg you can also consider the following projects:
alienfx-tools - Alienware systems lights, fans, and power control tools and apps
guiscrcpy - A full fledged GUI integration for the award winning open-source android screen mirroring system -- scrcpy located on https://github.com/genymobile/scrcpy/ by @rom1v
openrazer - Open source driver and user-space daemon to control Razer lighting and other features on GNU/Linux
key-mapper - 🎮 An easy to use tool to change the mapping of your input device buttons. [Moved to: https://github.com/sezanzeb/input-remapper]
RazerGenie - Qt application for configuring your Razer devices under GNU/Linux.
piper - GTK application to configure gaming devices
alt-tab-macos - Windows alt-tab on macOS
USB-WiFi - USB WiFi Adapter Information for Linux
alienfan-tools - Utilities for fan and power control for Alienware or Dell G-series notebooks and desktops
docs - System76 support documentation site
ExplorerPatcher - This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows
ckb-next - RGB Driver for Linux