A minimal cross-platform breathing overlay, a friendly indicator and reminder to take full, deep breaths while looking at screens. Research indicates we blink less and breathe more shallowly when staring at displays, and exhale is a small tool to help counter that.
The overlay is a translucent, always-on-top, click-through window that gently expands on inhale and contracts on exhale, so it never interrupts whatever you are doing. Inhale, post-inhale hold, exhale, and post-exhale hold durations are all configurable. A good starting point is 4 seconds in and 4 seconds out; eventually 6 and 8, with the exhale twice as long as the inhale to engage the parasympathetic nervous system. Box breathing is 4 / 4 / 4 / 4.
Features:
Take breaks if intense feelings arise; it is important not to overdo it.
Disclaimer: The information and guidance provided by this app are for general informational purposes only and are not medical advice. The creator is not a medical professional. Always seek the advice of a qualified healthcare provider with any questions about your health, and do not disregard or delay professional medical advice because of this app. Use is at your own risk.
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Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Snap can be installed from the command line on openSUSE Leap 15.x and Tumbleweed.
You need first add the snappy repository from the terminal. Choose the appropriate command depending on your installed openSUSE flavor.
Tumbleweed:
sudo zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Tumbleweed snappy
Leap 15.x:
sudo zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Leap_15.6 snappy
If needed, Swap out openSUSE_Leap_15. for, openSUSE_Leap_16.0 if you’re using a different version of openSUSE.
With the repository added, import its GPG key:
sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh
Finally, upgrade the package cache to include the new snappy repository:
sudo zypper dup --from snappy
Snap can now be installed with the following:
sudo zypper install snapd
You then need to either reboot, logout/login or source /etc/profile to have /snap/bin added to PATH.
Additionally, enable and start both the snapd and the snapd.apparmor services with the following commands:
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor
To install exhale, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install exhale-app
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