I followed the directions in the link for shutting Tracker off.
System is now running better.
Still no e-mail send, work on that tomorrow.
Will look at Mint for virtual desktops
Thanks
Harold
> On Sep 22, 2014, at 23:14, Stephen Partington <cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'll second ubuntu for desktops. I usually use a server install disk unless I am doing something built on a main iso like kbuntu ect.
>
>> On Sep 22, 2014 10:27 PM, "Phil Waclawski" <phil.waclawski@mesacc.edu> wrote:
>> I myself rather like kubuntu for my laptops/desktop but that is just my preference. I love CentOS for servers (well, not sure about 7 yet)....but for desktops...nope.
>>
>> Phil W
>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 8:47 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> If you consider ubuntu run mint instead. Then there is Linux Mint Debian Edition.
>>>
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Mark Phillips <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
>>>> Not sure if this will help, as I know nothing about Tracker-miner nor CentOS....
>>>>
>>>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/346211/tracker-store-and-tracker-miner-fs-eating-up-my-cpu-on-every-startup
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried Debian or Ubuntu?
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 8:16 PM, IscreamKid <iscreamkid@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Saturday, at the Installfest, despite cautions from Thomas, I installed CentOS on my new computer.
>>>>>
>>>>> The install went well from the standpoint of reallocating the partitions and getting Grub to recognize both CentOS and Win 7.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I started working with it I loaded on my files.
>>>>> Files that took forty minutes to backup took two hours to load on a faster system.
>>>>> The culprit seems to be Tracker-miner.
>>>>>
>>>>> It continues to drag the system down when I am trying to do other things.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have no idea why I need an application on here to, supposedly help me find files.
>>>>> In all of the years I have worked with Linux I can think of only three instances where I have used find to locate a file, and it worked nicely, thank you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now I have a system that uses all of its resources to track files I will likely never ask for. Grrrrrrrr.
>>>>>
>>>>> After that the change of Gnome and KDE to eliminate my virtual desktops is unimportant.
>>>>>
>>>>> Would anyone like to suggest a better distro that will actually run and perhaps has more than four desktops, while running Office Libre, and plays You Tube videos in a browser?
>>>>>
>>>>> Harold
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