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From: Liviu Andronic <landronimirc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] linux desktop search engines are ugly!
Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:25:50
Message-Id: 68b1e2610709010814h6170b8a7h5a6df8c759be56ab@mail.gmail.com
1 On 8/27/07, Shaochun Wang <scwang@××××××.cn> wrote:
2 > Hi guys:
3 >
4 > I wouldn't like, but i have to say that all current available linux
5 > desktop search engines are rubbish. Keep reading, and you'll know why.
6 Personally, I find the find plugin of emelFM2 <http://emelfm2.net> very nice
7 and attractive. Essentially, it is a GUI combining grep / find / etc. It
8 also provides a plugin on tracker.
9
10 For a find / locate frontend (not mentioning doodle, tracker, beagle, strigi
11 and pinot), look at catfish <http://software.twotoasts.de/?page=catfish>
12 . Still young, but looking promising.
13
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15 Liviu