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Hi and welcome to my first post as an iTWire blogger! Firstly, I'd like to say thanks to the iTWire team for letting me rattle on about one of my favourite subjects – using Linux. Secondly, thanks to my loyal fanbase, as it was your insistance that the iTWire editorial team listened to and they then approached me to do this.
What I'd like to do is get your input on what
you want to know about using Linux. What are those questions you always
wanted answers to? I have a few ideas that I want to share, so together
I hope we can make this work.
Firstly, I want to chat about taking breaks from your computer.
I am a mature-age student (which is a weird title, as I wouldn't say
that I am at all mature!) most of the way through a Master of Business
Information Technology at RMIT University. I spend long hours in front
of my laptop trying to bash assignments and exams into shape (we had a
week long “take home” exam. Blergh).
I also work part-time contracting to the Victorian Government and I
have read some of their OH&S material, which recommends taking
regular breaks, including getting up and moving around.
I am particularly bad at doing this, so I started to look for some
software to remind me to take a break. When I used to use Windows I had
heard of and briefly used, WorkRave.
There is a Linux version as well, which I installed but found that the
user interface was a bit too busy for my liking. This is purely
personal preference, as I am sure that if I persevered all would be
revealed and I would come to like it, but I was focussing on the
assignments and exams and didn't want to spend even a short amount of
time working it all out.
However, if you are on Windows then I sincerely recommend that you download, install and play with Workrave.
I happened to be digging around wanting to change a shortcut key
mapping, and went into Preferences → Keyboard (instead of Keyboard
Shortcuts where I should have gone to change it). It was there that I
found the motherlode!
A tab on the far right named “Typing Break”. I had a quick look there
and found exactly what I was after. Three configuration options: how
long the work interval lasts (in minutes), how long the break interval
lasts (also in minutes) and a checkbox to allow for postponing of the
break. It doesn't get much easier than that! CONTINUED
David Bass
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