[Bug 884377] Re: Ubuntu Desktop lacks a typing break/anti-RSI software

[Oleksandr Basiy]

my idea is to convert drwright rpm (at
http://pkgs.org/download/drwright) to deb. For example, my way was:

sudo apt-get install alien
sudo alien -c drwright-3.2.2-1.fc17.i686.rpm
sudo dpkg -i drwright_3.2.2-2_i386.deb 

Once you install it, typing breaks are configurable via the System
Settings menu.

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Title:
  Ubuntu Desktop lacks a typing break/anti-RSI software

Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I occasionally suffer from RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) in my wrists
  & arms. I enabled the typing break in Gnome before which was a
  godsend, and helped a lot.

  I recently upgraded to 11.10 and found that there was no typing break
  feature in Unity, but that also the typing break has been removed from
  'gnome shell'. There is no built in option for a typing break. There
  appear to be several 3rd party typing break programmes, but some are
  not available for ubuntu. There's a gnome programme called drwright
  (apparently), but it's not packaged for ubuntu, there's 'workrave',
  but that's not packaged/installable for 11.10. Right now I'm trailing
  a KDE application (rsibreak), but it has a bad UI, and does not
  properly lock the screen aswell, so is a step down.

  NB: It is also a requirement under EU law that workers be able to take
  regular breaks if the use a visual display unit. This might make stock
  Ubuntu unsuitable to be used in workplaces. e.g. Sec 72 of Statutory
  Instrument 299 of 2007 of Irish law (cf.
  http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2007/en/si/0299.html#article72 )

  ( This is mostly a copy of previously reported bug
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/883228
  incorrectly reported against unity )

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.245
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic-pae 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Oct 31 18:52:38 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_IE:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_IE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-25 (5 days ago)

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