I can confirm this with version 1.4.23 from the official repo and 1.4.26 and 1.5.10 from PPAs.
This is with only (about) 30 feeds. VACUUM;ing the database has no effect. Any activity leads to a lot of disk activity. The database journal file is created, deleted and and recreated seemingly for each feed item. ** Changed in: liferea (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Liferea causes a lot of hdd activity when updating feeds https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/335471 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs