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Is it fine to have many instances of the same process, e.g. 90*Dropbox, or 4*nm-applet?
$ pstree
systemd─┬─NetworkManager───2*[{NetworkManager}]
├─dbus-daemon
├─dropbox───90*[{dropbox}]
├─gnome-keyring-d───3*[{gnome-keyring-d}]
├─login───startx───xinit─┬─Xorg───2*[{Xorg}]
│ └─dwm─┬─dwm_status.sh───sleep
│ ├─nm-applet───4*[{nm-applet}]
│ ├─redshift
│ ├─st───tmux: client
│ ├─udiskie───2*[{udiskie}]
│ └─xautolock
├─lvmetad
├─polkitd───7*[{polkitd}]
├─rtkit-daemon───2*[{rtkit-daemon}]
├─systemd─┬─(sd-pam)
│ ├─at-spi-bus-laun─┬─dbus-daemon
│ │ └─3*[{at-spi-bus-laun}]
│ ├─at-spi2-registr───2*[{at-spi2-registr}]
│ ├─dbus-daemon
│ ├─dconf-service───2*[{dconf-service}]
│ ├─gvfs-udisks2-vo───2*[{gvfs-udisks2-vo}]
│ ├─gvfsd─┬─gvfsd-dnssd───2*[{gvfsd-dnssd}]
│ │ ├─gvfsd-network───3*[{gvfsd-network}]
│ │ ├─gvfsd-trash───2*[{gvfsd-trash}]
│ │ └─2*[{gvfsd}]
│ ├─gvfsd-fuse───5*[{gvfsd-fuse}]
│ ├─gvfsd-metadata───2*[{gvfsd-metadata}]
│ └─pulseaudio─┬─gsettings-helpe───3*[{gsettings-helpe}]
│ └─2*[{pulseaudio}]
├─systemd-journal
├─systemd-logind
├─systemd-udevd
├─tmux: server───bash───pstree
├─udisksd───4*[{udisksd}]
├─upowerd───2*[{upowerd}]
├─wpa_supplicant
└─xplugd
Last edited by olocin (2019-08-22 08:32:18)
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Those are usually threads, not distinct processes, and yes this can indeed be normal.
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I see, thanks for explaining.
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