Set typing breaks in keyboard preferences

I might have written about Workrave before but typing breaks are important to everyone so this tip is something you must have. You could set your keyboard typing breaks in Gnome by going to the Preferences menu and selecting Keyboard. One of the tabs under the Keyboard preferences is dedicated to typing breaks. There will be no fancy pop-ups for microbreaks but you will have this bar on your panel to help you see when you need a break. When it’s time, you should see the screen getting an overlay of gray and the number of minutes of your break. You could also postpone breaks as needed. Not everyone really checks on these preferences because during the time of installation, users already pick their preferred keyboard layout. I only found out about this because I’ve been looking at options with regards to changing my keyboard layout from QWERTY to Dvorak.

Simple? Yes. If you already know the hand, shoulder and neck exercises you need, you could opt to use this instead of Workrave.