Zeitgeist is an event logger which keeps a track of your activities while you are using your computer (any supported computing device). This information can then be used for various of useful cases like logs, statistics etc
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How do I inspect Zeitgeist
On Ubuntu 13.04, is there a tool that allows me to inspect the contents of the Zeitgeist logs?
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Login screen stuck after uninstalling zeitgeist
I uninstalled zeitgeist but it seems that I accidentally uninstalled also something relevant for Ubuntu to work, I found that it might be some kind of a Ubuntu desktop-package but I couldn't find ...
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Why does my Firefox profile folder keep showing up in Recently Used (files/folders)?
In "Privacy and Activity Mgr", (I would think) the following are my relevant settings:
yet in Nautilus, my Firefox profile folder shows up (usually as the first entry) in the Recently Used ...
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Restrict file search to ONE folder and it's subs
When I go to Settings > Privacy > Files (tab)
It provides me with the option to provide a list of folders:
"Don't record activity in the following folders"
However, I'd like to be able to do ...
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How can I make a KDE app (Okular) register its actions with Zeitgeist?
I don't really enjoy Evince, and I use Okular for my pdf needs.
Okular is nice, but when I open a document with it, it's not added to my recent documents, nor appear in the fast dash file search (it ...
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How to enable zeitgeist logging for emacs on ubuntu 12.04
I would like the files I open in emacs to show up in the dash under the files lens.
As far as I understand zeitgeist is doing the work, but I can't seem to find the emacs zeitgeist data provider that ...
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Can no longer log in after removing Zeitgeist
I purged Zeitgeist, but then got nervous and reinstalled it. Even so, I can no longer log in to Ubuntu. Trying just brings me back to the log in screen.
(edit) I solved the problem by logging in from ...
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How to avoid removed programs from appearing in launcher (Synapse)? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Unity search, how to get rid of certain results?
Synapse is a program similar to Dash of Unity DE, and I use it in Lubuntu 12.10.
I also used to have multiple portable ...
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Unity dash search
I have my personal folders to a different partition other than home, I had a series of symlinks in my home folder pointing to the folders on the other partition. This was causing multiple entries in ...
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Can I trust Ubuntu even though Stallman calls it “spyware”? What about Zeitgeist?
Recently Richard Matthew Stallman call Ubuntu as "Spyware". Click here for more information.
The program called "zeitgeist" spies. How to disable it?
Zeitgeist is also available on Ubuntu 11.10. ...
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Is there a shell-independent search tool like the Unity's Dash?
The only thing I will miss after moving to LXDE from Unity will be the Unity Dash. Its functionality, not the piss-poor performance that is. So here's my question. I know there is synapse but AFAIK it ...
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Does Zeitgeist slow performance considerably
This was talked to me today and I actually did not have a proper answer, so I was wondering if Zeitgeist had any impact in performance. For example if comparing Ubuntu with and without Zeitgeist in ...
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Lens showing only music after zeitgeist removal
I can't get anything to show up in the Dash (lens?) other than music (no applications , no files) . This began when I removed zeitgeist.
I've uninstalled and reinstalled, but still not working.
I've ...
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Any search tool for LXDE menu?
I just installed lxde to boot into when laptop is using battery, but I really miss at least a simple search feature, I am used to Unity so I find myself losing too much time navigating on the menus, ...
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How to disable the activity log for the application lens? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I stop Unity from remembering search history?
How to clear search history of application search? Every time when I select application lens or press Super+A it ...
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after remove zeitgeist, there is no unity in Ubuntu
Because zeitgeist continuously access the hard disk, I removed zeitgeist package completely. After that, when trying to log into Ubuntu, there is no more unity option, only Genome, Genome (no ...
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Recent Documents Click Launches Nautilus Rather Than File
I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed, and recently, I've noticed that whenever I click on a 'recent document' from either the "Recent Documents" list in my Cairo Dock or from my journalling extension in ...
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How to make zeitgeist just log my application not my files
I'm using ubuntu 12.04 with unity. I want to config the zeitgeist to just track my application but ignore the usage of files.
I tried to add "/" to the blacklist, but it didn't work. The recent files ...
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What is zeitgeist used for?
For what does Ubuntu use Zeitgeist?
I am using Ubuntu right now and found out that Ubuntu desktop (so unity) work with Zeitgeist core and much more.
Are there differences between the film ...
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Is there a way to look at the raw logs of zeitgeist?
Zeitgeist logs your activity in Unity. Is there a way to look at the raw logs it creates?
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Why does Zeitgeist use ~/.local/share/ instead of ~/.cache?
I have noticed that many applications like Chromium, MC, and Ubuntu One use one common ~/.cache directory, so why doesn't Zeitgeist?
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Prevent Unity Dash from searching specific hard drive
I have a hard drive that is exclusively used for storage of music, pictures, movies and that sort of thing. It contains no system files.
To conserve power and reduce noise, I have set it to spin down ...
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Forcing Zeitgeist to index Dropbox folder
I am running Ubuntu 11.10, and I would like to force Zeitgeist to index my Dropbox folder. I understand that Zeitgeist is a passive service that logs particular events (such as opening or downloading ...
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Wine entries persist after uninstall wine
I updated to 12.04 from 11.10 recently and I had a few problems I solved without much effort.
But one thing is still bothering me. I uninstalled Wine (and removed the .wine directory) but the entries ...
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How do I prevent totem and other programs from logging all recently played files?
This is a frustrating problem, is there any way to prevent totem from logging all of the files I watch? The same goes with picture viewer.
Under Dash -> Privacy, I've turned off logging and disabled ...
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Why is cat running as a daemon on Ubuntu 12.04?
/bin/cat appears to be running as a persistent daemon on my 12.04 system.
$ ps aux | grep cat
detlef 2278 0.0 0.0 8680 352 ? S 06:13 0:00 /bin/cat
Why does Ubuntu 12.04 need cat running as a ...
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How to import Windows' recent files into the Unity “Recent Files” list?
I had an idea to create a script that will auto-run on startup to import the recent files list from Windows into Ubuntu's Unity recent-files list.
I don't know anything about how Unity stores that ...
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Privacy: Record activity ON?
In Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, System Settings > Privacy > Files, 'Record Activity' is ON by default.
What does this mean exactly?
Which activities are being recorded?
Where can I find the recorded data?
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How do I install gedit without Zeitgeist?
I do not like this zeitgeist thingy. Because it is neither possible to (easily) configure it to shut up, nor is it possible to (easily) remove it without breaking other things.
Unfortunately, the ...
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How can I get local files to appear in unity lenses?
Perhaps I've mis-understood how the lenses are meant to work, but I find that local files or folders never show up in any of the lenses unless I've previously opened them. This is true for the file ...
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“Recent Files” entries via command line apps?
I process lots of files via the command line, e.g. using my own shell or python scripts. Is there an easy way to add the files that I manipulate to the Unity "recent files" list so I can then easily ...
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Does the new “privacy” button have a log?
I was just wondering if there was a log that shows exactly what the various applications are taking a history of?
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What exactly does Zeitgeist index?
I am not clear on this. Does Zeitgeist index the contents of my document so searches are more relevant? Or is Zeitgeist only searching the name/extension of my documents?
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Unity search, how to get rid of certain results?
When i want to run the calculator, i click on unity first icon (dashboard?), and then i start to type :
ca : is showing the calculator as first result (probably because zeitgeist recorded that its ...
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What qualifies an application as frequently used?
I am aware that something called Zeitgeist is used to determine the "Most Frequently Used" part of the unity dashboard, but i was wondering what the specifics where. I know the amount of applications ...
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How I can run Zeitgeist with KDE
I can't integrate Zeitgeist with KDE, when I use GNOME, Zeitgeist works correct and logs everything what I'm doing.
Is it a problem that I'm using both graphical environments ?
(I'm going to remove ...
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How can I disable recent documents in Unity?
How do I disable the tracking and display of recently opened files (and whatever else is remembered) in a default installation of Ubuntu? (This question originally concerned 11.10, but now that I'm on ...
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Totem fails at start (totem:3808), after activating dbus plugin
I am using Ubuntu 11.10; Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic with Gnome 3.2.1
Yesterday I was browsing through the totem plugins and accidentally hit activate on the dbus plugin.
When I started Totem ...
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How do I delete the entire history (Recently Used Items) in the dash?
I want to delete all the history of the unity dash about files, videos, text files, images, etc. I find it surprising that the best thing that activity log manager can do is to delete the history of ...
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How can I prevent Zeitgeist from reading clipboard?
When I copy ID/password to clipboard, only password is copied, because Zeitgeist catches ID from gpass as if I were pressing Ctrl V. Is it possible to avoid? Activity Log Manager seems to not help in ...
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Prevent gnome-shell's dash from listing Recent Items
I am using gnome-shell in Ubuntu 11.10. I am getting annoyed when dash search lists Recent Items. I have tried many ways to prevent it like
Deleting activity.sqlite and activity.sqlite-journal files ...
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Activity log manager is not preventing Zeitgeist from logging files
I am running Gnome Shell and I do not like Zeitgeist indexing all my files. This makes the overview search in gnome-shell very slow. I do not want the overview to search recent files, so I installed ...
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How to remove a specific folder from the Ubuntu search?
Is there a way to block a specific folder's files from showing up in the Unity search?
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Is there a way I can block a folder from Gnome and/or Unity search?
I sometimes browse erotic media files, and I have some of them stored in my hard drive. All said content is saved in one specific folder.
Is there a way I can block this folder from Gnome and/or ...
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How can I prevent certain directories/files from appearing in Unity's dash?
This question may sound similar to the following for which solutions are documented:
How can I keep recent files from appearing in Unity?
But my problem is that the Dash (in 10.10) not only lists ...
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zeitgeist-daemon excessive RAM usage
I have installed last week Ubuntu 11.04 64 on a new machine. I am running the GUI using Unity. However I have noticed that after 1-2 hours the process zeitgeist-daemon starts using excessively the ...
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Did Synapse forget everything and so why?
I've been using Synapse for a while now. The earlier bug regrading the lacking ability to remember recurrent launches was fixed.
I've been launching the same documents I am working on at the moment ...
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Unity Dash “Most Frequently Used” Application Disappeared, How to Reinstall Unity & Zeitgeist Completely?
My "Most Frequently Used" Applications in Unity Dash disappeared.
I tried to:
reset unity with unity --reset,
removing Zeitgeist history with rm ~/.local/share/zeitgeist/activity.sqlite, and even
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Clear “Most Frequently Used” in “Applications”?
In the new Ubuntu, can you clear "Most Frequently Used" in "Applications"?
