On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:38:23 -0700 John Magolske <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [081020 12:49]: > > On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:23:25 -0700 > > Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I was looking for a simple desktop search engine, something that tracks > > > metadata, etc. And since I'm not using KDE or GNOME, I would like > > > something that does not depend on either. > > ... > > > I am trying them out now but any experiences or suggestions? > > > > > > Also this machine is not too powerful (500MHz G4), so I guess something > > > lightweight would be great. > > > > I use recoll; it's not very slick, but it works. I don't have > > experience with any of the others. > > My understanding is that recoll is gui only...is that true? I've been > looking for a lightweight desktop search engine that can be used at > the command line. I've used glimpse, which seemed ok, but it's not a > FOSS solution: http://webglimpse.net/sublicensing/licensing.html > > Some cli-compatible search tools I've heard about: > > swish++ > http://swishplusplus.sourceforge.net/ > > tracker (...but I guess this is a GNOME thing) > http://www.gnome.org/projects/tracker/ > > Namazu > http://www.namazu.org/ > > Strigi > http://strigi.sourceforge.net/ > > Has anyone had experience with any of these? > > Thanks, > > John > > -- I actually just installed strigi, I tried recoll but couldn't get it to work properly. Strigi is actually quite fast. I am not sure about the command line but the strigiclient is a simple gui and seems to work as expected. Also it has minimal dependencies. I haven't tried the others. Also note that today was my first day using strigi. I will be experimenting with the other alternatives and see how they go. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
