Re: Recommendations for desktop search tool under Linux

2009-04-08 Thread Omer Zak
On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 11:52 +0300, Nadav Har'El wrote: > On Sun, Apr 05, 2009, Omer Zak wrote about "Re: Recommendations for desktop > search tool under Linux": > > > - Linux command line tools like locate, grep, find, vi and probably a > > > few good ot

Re: Recommendations for desktop search tool under Linux

2009-04-08 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Sun, Apr 05, 2009, Omer Zak wrote about "Re: Recommendations for desktop search tool under Linux": > > - Linux command line tools like locate, grep, find, vi and probably a > > few good other "dinosaurs" which I left out of the list. They do what >... >

Re: Recommendations for desktop search tool under Linux

2009-04-05 Thread boaz
On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 07:44:15 +0300, Omer Zak wrote: > I do not understand why would anyone need to track Beagle's disk usage > nowadays, when 500GB hard disks cost only the equivalent of few work > hours. Its a matter of taste and even mood. Its not a must. Just remember that 500GB or even 5TB co

Re: Recommendations for desktop search tool under Linux

2009-04-05 Thread Omer Zak
On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 08:39 +0300, Boaz Rymland wrote: > Omer Zak wrote: > > > The huge files (index and log files) were not a problem for me. I set > > aside a separate multi-GB partition for Beagle's use, directing it to > > use it by an appropriately planted symbolic link. > > > Even if I h

Re: Recommendations for desktop search tool under Linux

2009-04-04 Thread Boaz Rymland
Omer Zak wrote: The huge files (index and log files) were not a problem for me. I set aside a separate multi-GB partition for Beagle's use, directing it to use it by an appropriately planted symbolic link. Even if I had lots of diskspace I still wouldn't have liked the fact that beagle wast

Re: Recommendations for desktop search tool under Linux

2009-04-04 Thread Omer Zak
On Sat, 2009-04-04 at 21:43 +0300, Boaz Rymland wrote: > Beagle once created huge log files in its directory under my home dir, > which clogged my filesystem. It took a while to find the culprit but > afterwards it was pretty fast to purge it from my system :-) . That > incident, couple with very l

Re: Recommendations for desktop search tool under Linux

2009-04-04 Thread Boaz Rymland
Beagle once created huge log files in its directory under my home dir, which clogged my filesystem. It took a while to find the culprit but afterwards it was pretty fast to purge it from my system :-) . That incident, couple with very little use I had for it, convinced me to drop it altogether.

Re: Recommendations for desktop search tool under Linux

2009-04-04 Thread Yuval Hager
בSaturday 04 April 2009, נכתב על ידי Omer Zak: > So I am asking: > 1. Which desktop search tool are you using under Linux? Beagle. I dumped it once for the same reasons you described, but recently I went for the hunt again, and found that beagle has the most index plugins, and it indexes almost

Re: Recommendations for desktop search tool under Linux

2009-04-04 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 03:54:58PM +0300, Nitzan Brumer wrote: > 1.I am using google desktop search : http://n2b.org/archives/699 > 2. Good: I use it to search my mail also, works fast and easy. > Bad: relay on he browser, IIRC most other desktop search tools have more useful interfaces > I

Re: Recommendations for desktop search tool under Linux

2009-04-04 Thread Nitzan Brumer
1.I am using google desktop search : http://n2b.org/archives/699 2. Good: I use it to search my mail also, works fast and easy. Bad: relay on he browser, I don't know about privacy - can google use my desktop data? 3. Very happy, I like it. On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 2:47 AM, Omer Zak wrote: > S