* Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [081020 12:49]: > On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:23:25 -0700 > Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was looking for a simple desktop search engine, something that tracks > > metadata, etc. And since I'm not using KDE or GNOME, I would like > > something that does not depend on either. > ... > > I am trying them out now but any experiences or suggestions? > > > > Also this machine is not too powerful (500MHz G4), so I guess something > > lightweight would be great. > > I use recoll; it's not very slick, but it works. I don't have > experience with any of the others.
My understanding is that recoll is gui only...is that true? I've been looking for a lightweight desktop search engine that can be used at the command line. I've used glimpse, which seemed ok, but it's not a FOSS solution: http://webglimpse.net/sublicensing/licensing.html Some cli-compatible search tools I've heard about: swish++ http://swishplusplus.sourceforge.net/ tracker (...but I guess this is a GNOME thing) http://www.gnome.org/projects/tracker/ Namazu http://www.namazu.org/ Strigi http://strigi.sourceforge.net/ Has anyone had experience with any of these? Thanks, John -- John Magolske http://B79.net/contact -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
