This is because running as root means nautilus will search your whole system.
You should never run nautilus as root. Use locate instead, it's very significantly faster and safer. -- searching file in Nautilus as root causes system freezing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/354284 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
