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gvfsd takes up too much memory

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Mar 15, 202615050 views
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On my Ubuntu 8.10, gvfsd takes up 128.6MB memory. What is the process doing actually? Can I reduce the memory it takes?

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gvfsd is the daemon process for GVFS, the GNOME Virtual File System (or possibly it's predecessor, GnomeVFS). It's a GNOME component that handles filesystem automounting when you're logged into the GNOME-based Ubuntu desktop. This includes devices lā€¦

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