Linux Desktop Search
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| Searching in Linux starts those venerable command line favorites:
| find, grep, and locate. These tools are very powerful and can easily
| be integrated into scripts, but for many users, this usefulness is
| also one of their key weaknesses...
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| [...]
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| [Covers Kat, SearchMonkey, Beagle, and more]
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http://linuxappfinder.com/blog/linux_desktop_search
Linux has a real chance in this area. Its main rival suffers in that
department while only Google Desktop can compensate for the deficiency.
Why Did Microsoft Decimate Search in Vista?
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| Until RC2, one of the best features of Vista was its speedy,
| exceedingly powerful Search features. But with RC2, Microsoft
| essentially threw Search under the train, making some of the most
| bizarre user interface decisions imaginable. Why did Microsoft decide
| to decimate the great Search tool?
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http://www.oreillynet.com/windows/blog/2006/11/why_did_microsoft_decimate_sea.html
Desktop search is rotten in Vista
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| Ever since I installed Vista, Windows desktop search
| hasn't worked very well. My normal laser-guided ability
| to hone in on any information on my computer at the
| drop of my boss's hat has been mamed. I'm hobbling
| round like a war veteran who still has a stump of a
| mouse-clicking hand but prefers to type with his nose.
|
| [...]
|
| The promise of Vista is that desktop search is
| beautifully simple and integrated into the OS. After
| all, it's what we got after Microsoft skittled
| the over-ambitious WinFS plan. It should have been so
| easy... one tap of the Windows key, start typing,
| get results.
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| It's not. It sucks.
|
| [...]
|
| Based on search performance alone, Vista is nowhere near
| ready for release.
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| [...]
|
| XP... I didn't know how much I loved thee until I lost thee.
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http://www.apcstart.com/site/dwarne/2006/10/1296/somethings-rotten-with-desktop-search-in-vista
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