John i may look into it later today when i am on my wubi installation (i admit i still use the dark side) and to admit i too miss google desktop for xp.
If i may ask if this is for home or for office (networked) use? On Jan 24, 2012 9:42 AM, "john axiak" <john.ax...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi chris & warran, > > thanks for your replies. > > after sending my post last night I played around with tracker / search > that I think partly comes with ubuntu, but one has to install some further > add-ons. > > the name search function works super and I am pretty sure it has indexed > all file names and it looks in that index, when searching for file names, > because results appear quasi instantaneously. > > However the "contains the text" function is horrible. I just delivers poor > or no results at all. > > Since I often need to search files to specific texts (not only file names) > I would require software that imitates google desktop (now dead, weep weep). > > Actually I did man find, but I skimmed through it and I could not find the > function appropriate to find the text in the file. I am sure there is a > function in find but I just couldn't find it. > > Anyways, if you guys come across some really excellent search utilty, let > me know. > > thanks; > John > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Chris Abela <kristo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Jan 24, 2012 12:01 AM, "john axiak" <john.ax...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> recently I migrated one of my pc to linux and I have a search issue. >>>> Before I used to use google desktop (before migrating) however this option >>>> is not available any longer because google no longer supports desktop and >>>> therefore I cannot get it installed longer. I tried a few file search apps >>>> but was deeply dissatisfied. None where index based searching and they all >>>> crashed while in the process of searching. >>>> >>>> Therefore I was wondering whether you could recommend me any five star: >>>> a. index searching utility, & >>>> b. normal search utility (i.e. one that goes through files one by one). >>>> >>>> for linux? >>>> >>>> thanks :) >>>> >>>> John >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> MLUG-list mailing list >>>> MLUG-list@linux.org.mt >>>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MLUG-list mailing list >>> MLUG-list@linux.org.mt >>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >>> >> >> I am vaguely aware of some desktop applications that may suite you. >> I tend to prefer KDE (on Slackware) but I never found them useful and they >> are one the first things to disable on my desktop as they just waste >> resources. >> >> If you took the trouble to install Linux then I would strongly >> recommend investing a few minutes to learn the powerful find command. >> >> To start with try: >> >> find . -name '*.mp3' >> >> to find your mp3's in your home (default) directory, ad then browse >> through >> >> man find >> >> to read all the features you may use. >> >> I you insist on not resorting to the Command Line, then you need to give >> us details of your distribution (Ubuntu, Mint, or whatever) and you Desktop >> Environment (normally Gnome or KDE), If you are unable, then a screenshot >> might also help us. >> >> Chris >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MLUG-list mailing list >> MLUG-list@linux.org.mt >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > MLUG-list@linux.org.mt > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >
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