Baloo_File????

[David Lang]

What's the correct way to turn this off.

David Lang

On Mon, 4 Jan 2016, Georgi Kourtev wrote:

> Hi Tim,
>
> Baloo is the indexing file for the newest versions of Kubuntu.  It allows you a quick
> search within the file manager and Kontact. Quite useful though.
>
> The only downside is that it takes some time to index all files in your system. It
> took me at the beginning something like 2-3 hours, but then all worked smoothly.
>
> I think if you stop the process the system would not be harmed, but you will miss
> the find functionality.
> gk
>
> Skype: gkourtev
>
>
> On Sunday 03 January 2016 19:09:22 Timothy A. Holmes wrote:
>> Hi Folks:
>>
>> I have a process that at times consumes a HUGE amount of resources
>> called baloo_file.  For the fun of it, I tried killing the thread today,
>> and it killed without any visible effects on the system.  Can someone
>> please fill me in on what it is and what it does, and why I would want
>> it on my system.  At times, it is consuming up to 97% of my processor count
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> TIM
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