take a break

[irish66]

Hi, does anyone know a linux program, that instructs you to take a break from computer.
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[Frenske]

Most Linux users are geeks, which you won't detache from the computer even when using a crow bar. But still some linux user made this: http://lightbird.net/pbreminder/

[lifestream]

WorkRave.
It's on the repos.
Been using it since windows. It DOES work. *gulp*
http://www.workrave.org/welcome/

[Simian Man]

I have one, it's called a wife .

But seriously, you could set up a cron job to execute every so often. It could launch a terminal emulator with an echo message to go outside. Or if you know how to program, you can have the job do anything you like.

[irish66]

Thank's everybody.
I tried Workrave on windows on windows, and didn't like it. I can't remember why.
I"ve dowloaded piebreak. now i need to find out how to install it.
Is "a wife" a freeware program?
"But seriously, you could set up a cron job to execute every so often. It could launch a terminal emulator with an echo message to go outside."
Sorry, no idea what you mean.
I've tried irish@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install pbreminder
but get
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
irish@ubuntu:~$
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[Simian Man]

Is "a wife" a freeware program?

Free as in speech but not as in beer .

Sorry, no idea what you mean.

Sorry, I kind of misunderstood, and the other suggestions were much better.

[Capt. Mac]

In System -> Preferences -> Keyboard, there is a tab called Typing Break. If you enable it, it will lock the screen for a set amount of time at set intervals.

Hope that helps!

[irish66]

sounds good.
Will let you what i think of it.
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[irish66]

yep, seems to be just what i need.
Thank you.
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