parental controls

LinuxPlanet: "If you're used to Windows Vista or Mac OS X Leopard, you may be disappointed in the parental controls, or the lack there of, in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions.

But don't give up on open source for your youngsters yet-- Eric Geier shows how to create a safer computing environment on Linux."

If you're used to Windows Vista or Mac OS X Leopard, you may be disappointed in the parental controls, or the lack there of, in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions (distros).

But don't give up on open source for your youngsters yet.

If you're used to Windows Vista or Mac OS X Leopard, you may be disappointed in the parental controls, or the lack there of, in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions.

But don't give up on open source for your youngsters yet-- Eric Geier shows how to create a safer computing environment on Linux.

Some email providers allow parental controls, that is, a way to monitor a child's use of email. Gmail, however, does not.

Here's one way to monitor the amount of time your child spends on Gmail. First, if you have not already done so, create a Gmail account of your own.

In iChat preferences under accounts, create a Gmail jabber account -- Google provides more detailed instructions about this on their site.

"Apple issued the first Mac OS X 10.5.3 seed (9d10) to developers yesterday. The latest update to Apple's Mac OS X Leopard addresses dozens of outstanding issues.

Fixes range from Dashboard, Parental Controls, iCal Synchronization, memory leaks and stability issues. All in all, 75 distinct bug fixes are listed in the accompanying seed notes."

Apple issued the first Mac OS X 10.5.3 seed (9d10) to developers yesterday. The latest update to Apple's Mac OS X Leopard addresses dozens of outstanding issues.

Fixes range from Dashboard, Parental Controls, iCal Synchronization, mem...