Thread: Something is Eating my Battery Alive: Please Help!!!
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Rob1n is offline Rob1n
2010-03-23 , 15:25
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#17
Originally Posted by fhofer View Post
The first line of the top output looks unhealthy indeed. Anybody has idea what that could be?

Anyways, the status are looks clogged with icons, maybe you need to uninstall some of the apps...
dbus is the system used for notifications (allowing applications to respond to system changes, popup messages, etc). From the look of the top three apps, I'd say something on the desktop is continuously updating.