On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 05:06:05PM +0100, Daniele Bonini wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Sorry if I'm reluctant to this piece of software:
>
> NAME
> tracker-miner-fs-3 - Used to crawl the file system to mine data.
>
> It is continuously accessing and browsing my disk..
> Any clue?
> Is it possible to safely disable it?
> Appreciated, thanks.
I ran 'pkg_info tracker3' which gave some good information about this
software. I hadn't heard of it before and you're right, it does sound
ominous based on the description you posted. It looks like that's part
of the GNOME desktop environment. If you're running GNOME, I'd advise
keeping it installed since it seems to do some sort of file indexing for
searching. If not, delete it. Personally, I prefer just running a window
manager and not a full-blown desktop environment, but that's me. Your
mileage may vary.
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