Baloo_File????

Georgi Kourtev gkourtev at gmail.com
Mon Jan 4 07:03:08 UTC 2016


I think from System Settings, then Desktop Search and untick the Enable search.
gk


On Sunday 03 January 2016 22:49:33 David Lang wrote:
> 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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