Services
Services are programs that run in background, invisible to the user, and do some useful work such as maintaining Internet connections, checking for email, playing sound, etc. Sometimes, services are called daemons. To see the list of services currently running on your tablet, you can use the following:
1. "ps", "top", or "htop" command line utilities. 2. CPU Load desktop applet (found in Maemo Extras). 3. Services configuration applet (found in Maemo Extras).
Just like any other program, a service can be killed with the "kill" command or the appropriate button in the CPU Load applet. To disable services, you can use the Services configuration applet. Be aware though that killing or disabling some services may seriously damage your system configuration. Avoid it unless you are absolutely sure you know what you are doing.
Following is a list of services typically found in your tablet:
| Service Name | Service Function |
| af-base-apps | Application framework. |
| af-services | Application framework. |
| af-startup | Application framework. |
| alarmd | Alarm dispatcher. |
| avahi-daemon | ??? |
| avahi-dnsconfd | ??? |
| bluez-utils | Bluetooth tools. |
| brightness-permission | ??? |
| btcond | Bluetooth connectivity. |
| carmand | Carman background process. |
| dbus | D-Bus message bus. |
| dnsmasq | DNS proxy and DHCP server. |
| dsp-init | DSP loader. |
| esd | Enlightenment sound daemon. |
| gpsdriver | GPS driver. |
| hal | ??? |
| hildon-application-manager | ??? |
| hildon-desktop | Hildon desktop. |
| hulda | Kernel events proxy. |
| icd2 | ??? |
| ke-recv | Kernel events proxy. |
| libgpsbt | GPS device pairing. |
| maemo-launcher | Application launcher. |
| mce | Machine control entity. |
| mediaplayer-daemon | Mediaplayer engine. |
| metalayer-crawler0 | Metalayer crawler. |
| multimediad | Multimedia daemon. |
| obexsrv | OBEX server. |
| osso-ipv6 | ??? |
| osso-systemui | System user interface. |
| osso-systemui-early | System user interface. |
| python-launcher | ??? |
| rich-core | ??? |
| ssh | Secure shell server. |
| suplistenerd | ??? |
| tablet-browser-daemon | ??? |
| wide-dhcpv6-client | ??? |
| wlancond | WLAN connectivity. |
| x-server | X11 server. |