A feline hacker has invaded my home. She frequently crawls across and sits on the keyboard, causing all sorts of mayhem. I have gotten into the habit of locking my computer when I step away for a minute but I can't lock it every time she mashes the keys while I'm present.
I have tried non-technical approaches such as locking the door (leading to constant mewing), shooing her away (which makes the keyboard all the more enticing), and moving farther from the desk to make it less accessible (she can jump pretty far). I have not had much success with any of these approaches. Thus I am looking for a technological solution.
PawSense (no affiliation) is a Windows program that can detect "cat-like typing". Is there a similar program for Ubuntu?
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None found.
A search of the links above, plus a web search, and a visit to shows no Linux equivalent for PawSense, and its web page is very specific that Windows is required to run it.
However, you could use Kittydar or similar systems to watch for your cat and turn off the power lead to your keyboard when detected, but more hardware would be required.
