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 <cantorm...@gmail.com> 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 <909li...@whizman.com> 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 > 909linux@909linux.org > 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
