I really want to give my son Linux instead of os x, but the parental control app is os x and iOS only. 
I raised the topic last year and got no response. It seems like ublue-news should have some one thinking about using this in schools or families.
Is my only option to diy a DNS block list?
Sorry but that is pretty much totally out of scope for us.
This would need something developed in upstream (Gnome / KDE) level to have these kind of restriction possibilities.
Using a pihole for DNS or a DNS service like controld.com has been how I’ve done it.
The best way would be to use adguard subscription that basically allows you to control the DNS. There’s a good ecosystem for phone apps as well so you can control and manage everything from an app on your phone. I think that would be the easiest to implement
If you’re a little bit more technical, you could probably set up a separate VLAN that has custom rules and roles instead of using adguard
But the best and easiest way is going to be through DNS. Because if you can control DNS then you can control the horizontal and the vertical and what actually gets loaded
Excellent suggestion, I will look into the adguard subscription in case my spouse finds that easier than pihole for scheduled screentime.
Thank you for the tip about control d
No problem. One thing I like about ControlD is that I can specify profiles per device. Also, it does YouTube filtering as well.
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