hi All, thanks for your replies. In brief:
@paul. yes I had already visited that page b4 I decided to query on mlug list. Beagle search software looks promising but for some reason I cannot install it. simple sudo get-app beagle says it cannot find the application and the site of beagle-project.org is offline. Honestly speaking I haven't hunted the web for the file. thank you nonetheless! @warren. a few months ago I had installed wubi and but never used linux. 2 weeks ago I decided I need something fresh in my life so I deleted \windows :) This computer is situated at home but used for work purposes. At the moment I am circumventing my search problem by team-viewing into a windows laptop and running the searches. But this is a temporary solution cause I need to have 2 pcs switched on and team-view / remote desktop is ugly. @anton. The problem is that google-desktop is not supported any longer and I cannot install it. Probably what I will do is try to find an older version of google dekstop which may have been archived by a some very nice person somewhere. The problem is that such version would be pretty old because recent versions of that app were downloaded during installation, rather than being sent as one big zip file. On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Anton Xuereb <mewt.rea...@gmail.com>wrote: > i didnt follow this email stream, by why don't you simply install google > desktop for linux ? > > > On 24 January 2012 12:02, Warren Camilleri <war...@ossmalta.com> wrote: > >> 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 >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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