Hello, Philm!
We, the BigLinux team, have been closely following the discussions around the ECA Digital Law (Law No. 15,211/2025) and its potential impact on Linux distributions in Brazil. With that in mind, we’ve developed a native, local-first solution to help parents and guardians create safer digital environments for children and adolescents.
Introducing BigLinux Parental Controls , a suite of parental control tools built for Linux. It enables:
- Creating supervised accounts with restrictions on apps, screen time, and web browsing.
- Enforcing restrictions using ACLs, PAM time rules, and DNS-based filtering.
- Keeping all settings locally on the device, with no cloud uploads.
- Providing a user-friendly and accessible interface built with GTK4 and libadwaita.
The solution is already available in our GitHub repository and can be adapted for other distributions, such as Manjaro. It was designed with compliance in mind, aligning with the principles of the ECA Digital, the UK Children’s Code, and the EU Digital Services Act, ensuring that legal requirements are met in a practical and technical way.
If you’d like to implement something similar in Manjaro, we’d be happy to collaborate! The code is open-source and available here:
GitHub - biglinux/big-parental-controls · GitHub
We’re happy to discuss this further and exchange ideas on how we can support the community.
Best regards,
BigLinux Team