https://discourse.roots.io/t/gulp-watch-error-on-ubuntu-14-04-solved/3453/2gulp
the reason for the error is there is a limit in the system for how many files can be watched by a user, using the following command in a terminal window we can simply increase the limit ..ubuntu
echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=582222 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -pterminal