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what is technical difference between daemon, service and process ? [closed]
I want to know that what are differences in behavior of a daemon, process and service running in ubuntu desktop.
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How to log processes in daemon-mode?
I would like to save the standard output of the program motion in a text file. If I don't use motion in daemon-mode I would simply do it by:
motion > log.txt
But what is the equivalent when I ...
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What does udisks-daemon do and do I need it?
I was looking into htop and the only process having > 0.0% CPU (apart from htop itself) was /usr/lib/udisks/udisks-daemon.
So the questions are: What is this service? Do I need it? (Or when do I ...
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Is ubuntu-geoip (GeoClue) used for tracking?
I am happily learning Ubuntu more closely now. I came across the process ubuntu-geoip-provider in system monitor.
Is is used for tracking or for gathering nearest server info, or for syncing time ...
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Unwanted sleeping processes
Today I tried to speed up my computer disabling unwanted processes. In system monitor I can see there 150 processes. Almost all of them were sleeping but still consuming a little but memory.
I've ...
