Parental control option for linux

[Terces]

Hey there,

 

I’ve setup a computer for children to work and play with. In Windows and MacOS I would be able to setup some parental controls, but Linux doesn’t seem to support something like that. I’m thinking about time-limits and webcontent filters. The first part is easily covered with Timekpr, but the second part seems to be incredible complicated. There are no GUIs and no “fast” ways to enable/disable a website. There also seem to be no filter-lists one could easily subscribe to (as you can with adblockers).
Apparently there used to be solutions available such as webcontentcontrol or Nanny, but both haven’t seen any development for the last 10 years…

 

Any recommendations are greatly appreciated.

[kelvinhall05]

Aren't there Chrome extensions that do that, or are you not using Chrome?

[Terces]

I am not using chrome. There are also some for Firefox, but they are quite easy to bypass, because as far as I know, I cannot force them to be enabled. The kids could easily turn them off if they wanted to do something forbidden.

[Pachuca]

I used K9 Web Protection, but it seems they were purchased by Symantec (which was later purchased by Broadcom) and the software was terminated. This article provides some alternatives. I'm not sure if those will run on Linux, but at least it's a start.

[Dogplanet Studios]

I reccomend using Cloudflare's new family protection DNS. It is network-wide. https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-1-1-1-1-for-families/

 

[nanopone]

use your routers parental controls.