Ubuntu – Stop KDE services from running

kdekde4services

I recently installed KDE with the command sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop.

Now whenever I log into Unity I can see KDE-related services running in the background and I see no obvious way to prevent them from opening at startup. I checked bum but I see nothing there.

These are the services I see running right now:

kde4
klauncher
knotify4

These ones I can identify as being related to KDE given their names, but there could be more.

How can I prevent these services from launching by themselves?

I should mention I often use KDE applications such as kate, okular and kile. Could these be responsible for opening those services?

Best Answer

You need to utilize "startup services" to disable those specific processes.

See this link for more information How to enable or disable services?

It gives you some options as "how to".

Go to System -> Preferences -> Startup Applications. Un-check things which you want to disable on startup.

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