i've tried beagle. i've tried tracker. both suck frankly. not reliably index files , not index .pptx, .xlsx, .docx files (which boatload office workers , web part of job).
tracker broken in jaunty , karmic, won't index stuff in /home directory (and yes, told visit other locations in file system , not index them). , complaint indexing microsoft office 2007 formatted documents still stands. , man page says run trackerd program -r (syntax error) or --force-reindex (no syntax error, not either).
amazing me 1 tb hard drives reality desktop systems people not miss indexing capabilities (or seems). i'm organized person more 250 thousand files search through, it's not feasible think can find documents i'm looking without search engine helping me. use 'locate' of course searching filenames, not searching file content.
oh, , google desktop not option -- tried , did not cut mustard.
working on actively?
microsoft this, apple ... cannot hard if microsoft can make theirs work vista (gasp). if ubuntu wants viable desktop replacement play going need functionality work reliably other major desktop tool bundle ubuntu.
i sure second on this!
linux newbie , thinking replacing windows desktop machine linux machine system76. today trying search content on linux starling netbook , researching how it. appears can search file , folder names, not content within file.
sure disappointed hear there no utilities searching whole hard disk words , phrases within file, because find hard without.
use copernic on windows desktop, windows-only software, unfortunately.
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