Do I really need famd?

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 01:19:17PM -0800, Eric Potter wrote:

> famd is a major resource hog, especially while pan is decoding binaries.
> 
> Is it ok to kill famd?
> 
> If so, how do I keep it from starting at boot time?> 

You can remove the fam package.  Nautilus and other programs will not
receive notification of changes to directories (e.g., Nautilus windows will
not refresh if a new file is created in the corresponding directory).

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 - mdz