On Tuesday 18 December 2007 05:52:32 Pete Connolly wrote: > On Monday 17 December 2007 16:47:31 Adam Jimerson wrote: > > On Monday 17 December 2007 08:37:56 am Kevin Dupuy wrote: > > > Furthermore, as I mentioned on the "other" thread, I'm trying to > > > figure out why Beagle takes up so much CPU and memory in some > > > people's computers > > > > I have no problem with beagle, and I find it a nice way to > > graphically search for things that I have misplaced. The only time > > I have trouble with it taking up a lot of my system is during the > > first run on a clean install, after that it waits until midnight to > > update its index on my desktop, which has a Intel Cereron D 3.33 > > Ghz processor and 512 MB ram 2 gig swap. > > I'm also confused about the reported problems with Beagle. I'm using > KDE with the Kerry search front end and it has zero impact on my PC > use, but adds a lot of value when looking for many types of data. > Emails from two years ago? Yep, I can find them in seconds. > Contracts in OOo format, spreadsheets, instant messenger exchanges in > Kopete - I can search them all in an instant with Kerry and Beagle.
I would agree with this. I don't use it all the time, but it's great when I know I have seen something before, but can't quite remember where or when, and can fire up Kerry and find it quickly. That's it real use for me, when I know I've seen something, but for the life of me can't remember where... > I can see how it could hog CPU with malformed files, initial > searching of the disk (anyone tried Google desktop search? That > doesn't take CPU time, but does things very, very slowly) and maybe > when you've added a huge amount of indexable data in a single day, > but it honestly doesn't impact my work, rather it adds to my > productivity. Hmmmm - so just _how_ productive are you now, Pete? ;-) > While some user's setups might not be optimal for Beagle, I think > there are a lot of people that like it, just like me. I really don't think (or hope) there are that many people just like you... Happy Christmas, Jon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
