[GLLUG] desktop seach opn ubuntu

[Eduardo Cesconetto]

Thank you for the response, but I want desktop search, not terminal. :)

Please keep the thread on topic dude!!! 

:)

On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 18:34 -0700, David Singer wrote:
> open terminal type
> $ sudo updatedb   // just in case its not up to date
> $ locate filename
> 
> David
> 
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 18:06, Eduardo Cesconetto <eduardo at cesconetto.com> wrote:
> > so... I installed Deskbar on 10.04 and it works fine, but the behavior I
> > expected is not there, I expected that when I typed a filename I would
> > get a list of files containing that text, not an action that says:
> > "search for files containing..."
> >
> > I could not find a configuration setting to change that, so here are my
> > questions:
> >
> > Am I missing something?
> > Is Deskbar just "like that" and I am s.o.l.?
> > Any suggestions to a search tool that would behave like Spotlight or
> > Google Desktop Search?
> >
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