There are two that I recommend: if you are just searching for files from the command line you can use the LOCATE command. Envoke "updatedb" to update the file index and then "locate filename" to get a list.
Alternately, google desktop makes an indexing software for ubuntu that will search file contents, much like Windows search or Mac's Spotlight. On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Tim Callaghan <tmcallag...@gmail.com>wrote: > I'm running 10.04 on my desktop and cannot find how to enable "indexed" > searching. Under the places dropdown I can "Search for Files", but its > checking the filesystem each time. > > Is there a built-in (or better) option? > > -Tim > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
