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Dec 05
2008

What is trackerd and Why Is It Running?

Posted by: dnrestcom

Tagged in: Ubuntu , CPU

If you've looked at the running processes on your Ubuntu box and wondered why there's a process named "trackerd" that is overusing the CPU, you are in luck, because that's exactly the topic we'll cover today.

Tracker is a search tool built into Ubuntu, and by default seems to be configured to maximize CPU while indexing. We can either throttle it down, or just simply uninstall it if you never use it.

-What Exactly Is It?-

-Throttle Indexing Speed-

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