I have been using solarized-dark for a long time and switched to light background for a few years only to be back in a dark mode everywhere.
I find this much easier on my eyes than light theme. Especially when I read some pdf's just before bed and all lights are off where my screen is the only source of brightness. Granted I also reduce my laptop screen brightness and pdf viewer (Zathura or Mupdf) supports custom colors (solarized dark). My eyes never get too tired.
I've also used redshift for some time but I don't need the gamma reduction actually with the above approach. At night my laptop looks very similar to "e-paper" or a Kindle. And my gf who has to get up a couple of hours earlier doesn't even notice my late night reading next to her.
I find this much easier on my eyes than light theme. Especially when I read some pdf's just before bed and all lights are off where my screen is the only source of brightness. Granted I also reduce my laptop screen brightness and pdf viewer (Zathura or Mupdf) supports custom colors (solarized dark). My eyes never get too tired.
I've also used redshift for some time but I don't need the gamma reduction actually with the above approach. At night my laptop looks very similar to "e-paper" or a Kindle. And my gf who has to get up a couple of hours earlier doesn't even notice my late night reading next to her.