[GLLUG] desktop seach opn ubuntu

[cw]

There's a newer app called Zeitgeist which is included with the gnome-
shell beta. Seems to be pretty good at context search, and learning
commonly used files. It integrates with nautilus as well iirc.

Oh and hello; this is my first time posting. Hope this helps.

On Jun 4, 2010, at 9:47 PM, David Singer <david at ramaboo.com> wrote:

> I tried something a year or so ago that seem to work. I forget the
> exact name but I think it started with Go. I ended up ditching it
> though in favor of a very organized director structure.
>
> David
>
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 18:44, Eduardo Cesconetto <eduardo at cesconetto.com
> > wrote:
>> to many bugs...
>>
>> On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 18:40 -0700, David Singer wrote:
>>> Ctrl + F in any open file browser window works for me if you want
>>> desktop search.
>>>
>>> Also if you like google desktop search why not just install it?
>>> there
>>> is a linux version.
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 18:36, Eduardo Cesconetto <eduardo at cesconetto.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>> 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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