Its a long shot, but the "last access" timestamp might identify unused apps. There's a good chance that atime is disabled, or rendered useless by grep, hence the long shot. Jeremy Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Josh Trutwin <josh at trutwins.homeip.net> Sender: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:45:44 To: TCLUG Mailing List<tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Reply-To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Subject: [tclug-list] Tracking menu usage in gnome Does anyone know if a log entry is created anywhere when a user launches an application from the gnome menu so I can gauge how much certain applications are used? Yes I have to worry about launched from a terminal as well but many users don't know what a console is. My google-fu isn't working for me today... Josh _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list