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I like this suggestion. You can block adult content through just switching the router’s DNS to a certain cloudflare address, and I THINK some routers allow blocking a connection from a certain MAC address from X to Y time.

There’s also huge blacklists for PiHole to block that stuff, if you’re open to self-host stuff.

But those lists, by nature of the vast Internet, won’t cover everything, so I think computer use out in the open (like the family area) with set internet-open times would be best.

(A bit more advanced but I’m sure you can, say, permanently whitelist stuff like your distro’s update domains, for example.)

And the best thing: Really just have open conversations about the dangers of this stuff on the Internet, and how things will try to hijack your brain. Kids are smart.

I’m about to be an any-day-now dad, so I’ve been trying to get ahead of this too! :)

I’ll admit, I expected a LOT more griftiness before opening your link buuuut…I dunno, it doesn’t seem worse than other projects that make a specific little “custom distro machine.”

I agree it’s a really niche action but, I like to be optimistic and I like the idealism.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Someone else commented something about them being a “slop peddler” though, but haven’t had a chance to look into that. (Obviously don’t wanna support/ share slop peddling lol)

Well… crap! Where’d you find that out? Admittedly I posted this because I thought it was cool, like, before my morning coffee so I didn’t read the page 100%. >_<

I love Debian, I love Void, Ubuntu can die in a fire, etc.

“You’re cool, you’re cool, screw you tho , you’re cool…” XD

That’s so cool. It has such “this is fine” meme vibes but… It’s actually fine. XD

KDE connect is such an under appreciated killer app it’s not even funny.

When I go to house sit for a friend I just hook my laptop to their HDMI, pull out KDE Connect, and bam I’m kicking back 10 feet away watching my streaming stuff on my system with adblock running and everything, and the media controls just work.

I’m strongly considering using a Pi 3b+ as a TV machine where KDE Connect is the primary interface. It just works so well.

I also love getting text alerts or low battery notifications on my desktop without having to keep looking at my phone. It’s just amazing.