avahi: avahi (service discovery aka zeroconf) avahi: avahi: Avahi is an Implementation the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast avahi: DNS specifications for Zeroconf Computing. It uses D-BUS for avahi: communication between user applications and a system daemon. The avahi: daemon is used to coordinate application efforts in caching replies, avahi: necessary to minimize the traffic imposed on networks. This kind of avahi: technology is already found in Apple MacOS X (branded Rendezvous avahi: Bonjour and sometimes Zeroconf) and is very convenient. avahi: avahi: