net nanny for linux?

LabR@t · 16 Dec 2010 at 23:20

going to hand my netbook over to my son age 7 as he has bust the hinge he likes to look on utube and cbbc etc and I was wondering if there was a linux net nanny type of thing I could stick on it as I plan to install linux rather than XP and I will not always be about when he might choose to use it.

Thanks

tntcoder · 16 Dec 2010 at 23:26

Hmm, tbh I would just use OpenDNS and blacklist categories of websites you would like to block. It works very well for that purpose and can be configured in minutes.

I'm not sure of any host based Linux nanny style software, there are some tools you could install on a dedicated proxy server but it would likely be way too much effort to control a single machine. I think DansGuardian is supposed to be a popular choice.

leigh123linux · 17 Dec 2010 at 10:02

Dansguardian is a pain to setup.

UbuntuCE has it already setup (You would need to nuke the default theme IMO)

http://ubuntuce.com/features.htm

slylittlefox · 17 Dec 2010 at 16:41

leigh123linux said:
Dansguardian is a pain to setup.

UbuntuCE has it already setup (You would need to nuke the default theme IMO)

http://ubuntuce.com/features.htm

AND ON THE 8TH DAY, GOD CREATED UBUNTU

Edward78 · 17 Dec 2010 at 19:04

Doesn't your router have a site blocking feature?

http://img121.imageshack.us/f/screenshotygo.png

masterluke · 18 Dec 2010 at 11:29

I would use opendns for this. Easy to use and works well. Make sure you have a good password on your router.