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* Blueman (Bluetooth, not present on most systems) | * Blueman (Bluetooth, not present on most systems) | ||
* esc (smartcard security utility, not present) | * esc (smartcard security utility, not present) | ||
- | * PackageKit (update notification; | + | * <del>PackageKit (update notification; |
- | | + | * dnfdragora: (another update tool) |
- | * Network (NetworkManager control tool; very usefull for wireless connections, | + | * Network (NetworkManager control tool; very usefull for wireless connections, |
These services may be disabled if you don't want them, but that is up to you; they can be useful, if configured properly: | These services may be disabled if you don't want them, but that is up to you; they can be useful, if configured properly: | ||
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* Tracker - the Gnome 3 search tool. There are 3 services running and since tracker tries to index all files, including those on network disks, it will be slow, and its cache and index (in home) will be large.\\ Note: see below. | * Tracker - the Gnome 3 search tool. There are 3 services running and since tracker tries to index all files, including those on network disks, it will be slow, and its cache and index (in home) will be large.\\ Note: see below. | ||
* Zeitgeist-datahub - Another search/ | * Zeitgeist-datahub - Another search/ | ||
+ | * Skype - this service adds a quick-start icon for skype, but you can disable it and start skype from the menu, to save some memory and startup time | ||
* Depending on your desktop choices, there may be duplicates in the session, eg: screensavers for Gnome, and for Mate. Disable whatever you don't use to speed things up a bit. | * Depending on your desktop choices, there may be duplicates in the session, eg: screensavers for Gnome, and for Mate. Disable whatever you don't use to speed things up a bit. | ||
===== tracker ===== | ===== tracker ===== | ||
- | The '' | + | The '' |
- | Or (perhaps easier), run '' | + | |
To be even more sure it will not be started automatically, | To be even more sure it will not be started automatically, | ||
- | touch ~/ | + | touch ~/ |
(these files in your .config will override the system files, and since you are creating empty files here, nothing will be started) | (these files in your .config will override the system files, and since you are creating empty files here, nothing will be started) | ||
+ | The reason why you may want to disable these services: even though a desktop search engine sounds like a good idea, but indexing all of the big data disks as soon as you access them, takes a lot of network bandwith, cpu time and memory, and storing the index of the disks will probably exceed your home disk quota. | ||
===== Baloo ===== | ===== Baloo ===== | ||
- | The Baloo file indexer can consume huge amounts of memory. To switch it off, run: | + | The Baloo file indexer |
balooctl disable | balooctl disable | ||
+ | ===== Evolution ===== | ||
+ | Evolution is a mail/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | systemctl --user daemon-reload | ||
+ | systemctl --user disable --now evolution-source-registry | ||
+ | systemctl --user disable --now evolution-calendar-factory | ||
+ | systemctl --user disable --now evolution-addressbook-factory | ||
+ | systemctl --user disable --now evolution-alarm-notify |