On Thursday 28 June 2007 03:55 pm, Chris Penn wrote: > I think this tool being more useful to the desktop user is kinda of > obvious. That is why I said It is nice to see a big company like > google contribute to something other then Microsoft Windows. Tools > like this are generally created for the desktop user anyway. From a > sysadmin point of view, its still kinda cool, however, there are > better tools out there.
Time to butt in... If this didn't send any information back to Google I'd probably install it; I love Google on the 'net and I'd probably love it on the desktop. Yes, I know how to use find/locate/grep/etc. But google is easier. However the lack of privacy is a big issue for me. (I know I don't have it either when I use google on the 'net, but that's harder to avoid.) Jeff > On 6/28/07, Joel Brauer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wow, are we so out of touch that we don't see what an incredible > > benefit this will be to new users, who don't understand the > > filesystem structure, or have any desire to. Things like this make > > Linux that much more desktop ready. Even I, knowing where things > > are, would love a lazy way to quick search/launch a file in Linux. > > One more shortcut to speed things up! I'm not gonna complain! > > > > -joel > > > > On 6/28/07, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Correction, I ment...... > > > It is just nice to see a big company like google contributing to > > > something other then Microsoft. > > > > > > On 6/28/07, Chris Penn < [email protected]> wrote: > > > > I agree, > > > > It doesn't get much easier then locate and/or find|grep. It is > > > > just nice to see a big company like google contributing to > > > > something other then google. > > > > > > > > On 6/28/07, Randall Whitman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > If I'm looking to interact with my local filesystem, how > > > > > > could > > > > > > > > > > this be > > > > > > > > > > > more usable than a shell combined with locate and/or > > > > > > find|grep ? By design, the Linux filesystem hierarchy makes > > > > > > it fairly easy to > > > > > > > > > > just > > > > > > > > > > > know where all the files should be, without needing an > > > > > > index. > > > > > > > > > > For myself, probably similar to you, I store my data in plain > > > > > text, make > > > > > conscious efforts to place files in a logical hierarchy, and > > > > > use the > > > > > > > > > > command-line because it's fast. So yes, for me, > > > > > locate+find+grep are the right most excellent tools. > > > > > > > > > > For many other people ... many people put all their textual > > > > > data in word > > > > > processor files. Some people put all their files on the > > > > > Desktop or in > > > > > random, soon-forgotten, non-hierarchical, unorderly > > > > > locations. Many many > > > > > people, whether by nature or per misinformation, are strongly > > > > > averse to > > > > > the command line. I believe it is to this scenario that > > > > > Beagle, Google > > > > > Desktop Search, and the like are targeted. > > > > > > > > > > Randall > > > > > www.whizman.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 909linux mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://909linux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/909linux > > > > > > > > -- > > > > "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we > > > > seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's > > > > stupidity." -Roger Penrose > > > > > > -- > > > "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we > > > seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's > > > stupidity." -Roger Penrose > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 909linux mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://909linux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/909linux > > > > -- > > Joel Brauer > > > > Only you can decide to be happy! The rest of life is in the > > details... _______________________________________________ > > 909linux mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://909linux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/909linux -- Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only voice: +1 951 643-5345, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html";
