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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 can I keep recent files from appearing in Unity?

I sometimes browse erotic media files but I would like to avoid having them appear in files & folders / recent. How can I do that? The old "making .recently-used.xbel a folder" trick from 10.10 ...
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How to hide recent files and most used apps?

How can I hide recent files that my Ubuntu Netbook's unity menu shows when I click on the files and folder icon? Okay ! I watch porn sometimes and right after that it appears in the files and folder ...
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Gnome Activity Journal does not show recently used files

I am running ubuntu 10.10, and installed Gnome Activity Journal. However it does not show any recently used files. I have attached a screenshot below. Please note that gnome activity journal has been ...
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Temporarily stopping Zeitgeist

Is there a way to temporarily stop Zeitgeist / the Zeitgeist daemon? I've tried killing the daemon but it just restarts. I've tried stopping it, but it still seems to add entries to the Activity ...
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Trouble installing gnome-activity-journal

The following happens after attempting to run gnome-activity-journal (from a purge then reinstall) $ gnome-activity-journal & [1] 5252 $ /usr/share/themes/Orta/gtk-2.0/Styles/Panel/panel-...
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Internet category not returning any results in Synapse

I recently installed Synapse and I noticed there is an Internet category on the far right, but there it doesn't return any results. What do I need to do to enable it to search my web browsing history? ...
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Will Unity offer Synapse goodness?

The Synapse launcher was recently released, offering the following features: Search and open apps and items. Run any command. Directory search - allows opening of commonly used directories Gnome ...
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Where does Zeitgeist store its data?

I want to move Zeitgeist data for a user from one computer to another. He uses Gnome Activity Journal, and it would be nice to move his history.
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