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While using htop for some other stuff I noticed a programm called 'avahi-daemon' which is using quiet a lot of my maximum CPU load and definitely more than all other programs. I read it is some kind of programm for easy file sharing in local networks, so my question is if I can just disable it, when not needed or is it necessary for something I'm not aware of? It is working without error, but I want to save some battery..

Thanks!

Edit: I'm aware that 15% constant usage is not a lot, but is much more than other programs use most of the times. That's why the question is if this program which I'm not using needs to be running

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Niklas
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Avahi is a free, open-source implementation of the Zeroconf. It allows you to easily configure and connect to network services such as printers, scanners, and other devices, without having to manually configure the network settings.

You can disable the daemon with this command.

systemctl disable avahi-daemon
Thomas Aichinger
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