Nanny Parental Control System lets you set how much time your kids or any user can use the computer, browse online and chat or send emails. It also filters websites url to allow or deny access based on settings configured. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how install and configure Nanny for your system.

Getting Started:

To get started, go to Applications –> Ubuntu Software Center.

Then click Edit –> Software Sources…

Next, select ‘Other Software’ tab and click Add

Next, type the line below in the box and click ‘Add Source’. Close out when you’re done.

ppa:guadalinex-members/ppa

Back in Software Center, select ‘PPA for Guadalinex’, on the left screen, then select and install Parental Control System.

After installing, go to System –> Administration –> parental Control.

Select the user name on the left menu, then click the ‘Key’ to edit the user’s profile.

Specify the time that user can use the computer. The green areas on the screen are the allowed times. The red areas are the deny times.

Next, select ‘Web Browser’ tab and click Add to add sites to the forbidden list. Sites added here will be blocked to that user.

When the user is logged in and his/her time expires, the computer will warn him/her to save all documents and logout. There is a 5 minutes grace period.

Enjoy and please come back soon.