Add Librem 5 tracker-store High CPU post

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+* link:?p=librem5-tracker-store-high-cpu[Librem 5:tracker-store High CPU]
 * link:?p=Security:Recent_SSH_Brute_Force_Botnet_Attack[Security:Recent SSH Brute Force Botnet Attack]
 * link:?p=linux:using-zram[Linux:Using ZRam]
 * link:?p=Circumventing_MacOS_FileVault_Autologin_Restrictions[Circumventing MacOS FileVault Autologin Restrictions]
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-* link:?p=why-linux-is-hard[Why Linux is Hard]
 
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 Purism Librem 5
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+* link:?p=librem5-tracker-store-high-cpu[Librem 5:tracker-store High CPU]
 * link:?p=librem5-cant-update-404-not-found[Librem 5:Can't Update - 404 Not found]
 * link:?p=librem5-no-wifi[Librem 5:No Wifi]
 * link:?p=librem5-epiphany-render-bug[Librem 5:Epiphany Render Bug]
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+Librem 5: Tracker Store High CPU
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+
+Today I reflashed my Librem 5 Evergreen with a "beta" (unofficial status I
+think) of the upcoming Byzantium release. I noticed very quickly that my phone
+was getting pretty warm (44 °C / 111 °F according to the sensors). With that, I
+went looking to see what might be causing the mischief.
+
+And guess what? I was able to because this phone is running pure linux!
+
+A quick look at `htop` and `ps` (again, because **I can**), and I found that a
+service named ``tracker-store`` was consistently consuming between about 60%
+and 100% of one of my cores. I looked it up. It turns out that the ``tracker``
+utils are a set of programs that exist to index the filesystem and metadata
+(which to be honest I don't want, but it's part of gnome I believe).
+
+A little digging and I happened upon `this StackExchange
+<https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/482390/usr-lib-tracker-tracker-store-causes-very-heavy-cpu-load-on-debian-buster>`_
+question that said to run the following to fix things.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+  tracker reset --hard
+
+Sure enough, that did the trick! According to ``powertop`` (because yet again,
+**I can**) my CPU is consuming about 400-800 mW during idle at around 35-37 °C
+/ 97-99 °F.
+
+Thanks Purism!