Re: Desktop Search Engines

2009-05-01 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
For the command line there is swish++. Its worth a try but it requires a configuration file (see /usr/share/doc/swish++). -- Regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Desktop Search Engines

2009-04-30 Thread Paul Johnson
Dave Patterson wrote: > * Paul Johnson [2009-04-30 08:56:38 -0700]: > > >> I just recently switched from Google Desktop for Linux to beagle for >> that task. >> > > Lenny or Sid? > Lenny. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Desktop Search Engines

2009-04-30 Thread Dave Patterson
* Paul Johnson [2009-04-30 08:56:38 -0700]: > I just recently switched from Google Desktop for Linux to beagle for > that task. > Lenny or Sid? -- Dave signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Desktop Search Engines

2009-04-30 Thread Paul Johnson
Rick wrote: > What would be a good choice, for a desktop search engine, > since have TB of Music and Video, and GB of .pdf files, > would like to index all, including metadata... I just recently switched from Google Desktop for Linux to beagle for that task. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP d

Re: Desktop Search Engines

2009-04-28 Thread David Baron
On Tuesday 28 April 2009 01:43:05 debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > >> What would be a good choice, for a desktop search engine, > >> since have TB of Music and Video, and GB of .pdf files, > >> would like to index all, including metadata... > > > > I have not used any of them e

Re: Desktop Search Engines

2009-04-28 Thread Jeff Zhang
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:28 PM, John Magolske wrote: > * Kelly Clowers [090427 21:03]: > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 20:17, Jeff Zhang wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:43 AM, Rick wrote: > > >> > > >> What would be a good choice, for a desktop search engine > > There was a thread discus

Re: Desktop Search Engines

2009-04-27 Thread John Magolske
* Kelly Clowers [090427 21:03]: > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 20:17, Jeff Zhang wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:43 AM, Rick wrote: > >> > >> What would be a good choice, for a desktop search engine There was a thread discussing this last year: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2008/10/thrd

Re: Desktop Search Engines

2009-04-27 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 20:17, Jeff Zhang wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:43 AM, Rick wrote: >> >> What would be a good choice, for a desktop search engine, >> since have TB of Music and Video, and GB of .pdf files, >> would like to index all, including metadata... >> >> > > roll is my favour

Re: Desktop Search Engines

2009-04-27 Thread Jeff Zhang
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:43 AM, Rick wrote: > What would be a good choice, for a desktop search engine, > since have TB of Music and Video, and GB of .pdf files, > would like to index all, including metadata... > > > roll is my favourite for such thing.

Re: Desktop Search Engines

2009-04-27 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:30, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 09:43, Rick wrote: >> What would be a good choice, for a desktop search engine, >> since have TB of Music and Video, and GB of .pdf files, >> would like to index all, including metadata... > > I have not used any of the

Re: Desktop Search Engines

2009-04-27 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 09:43, Rick wrote: > What would be a good choice, for a desktop search engine, > since have TB of Music and Video, and GB of .pdf files, > would like to index all, including metadata... I have not used any of them extensively, but from playing around with Beagle and Tracke

Re: Desktop Search Engines

2009-04-27 Thread Daryl Styrk
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:43:42PM -0400, Rick wrote: > What would be a good choice, for a desktop search engine, > since have TB of Music and Video, and GB of .pdf files, > would like to index all, including metadata... > > > Thanks! > Rick > I used Beagle for a while. You can customize it a

Desktop Search Engines

2009-04-27 Thread Rick
What would be a good choice, for a desktop search engine, since have TB of Music and Video, and GB of .pdf files, would like to index all, including metadata... Thanks! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact lis

Re: Desktop search engines

2008-10-22 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:38:23 -0700 John Magolske <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > My understanding is that recoll is gui only...is that true? I've been recoll can be run from the CLI with the -t switch. I don't have much experience using it this way. Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote

Re: Desktop search engines

2008-10-21 Thread machiner
Hello, > > 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. > > After some analysis I came down to the following choices: > > 1. Strigi > - small, lightweigh

Re: Desktop search engines

2008-10-21 Thread Paul Johnson
Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > I am trying them out now but any experiences or suggestions? > Google Desktop is desktop environment agnostic enough to work outside Linux, too. Though it's non-free, so not a part of Debian. However, it's at least free-beer, and we all use Google... signature.as

Re: Desktop search engines

2008-10-20 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:38:23 -0700 John Magolske <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * 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 >

Re: Desktop search engines

2008-10-20 Thread John Magolske
* 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

Re: Desktop search engines

2008-10-20 Thread Celejar
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

Desktop search engines

2008-10-20 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
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. After some analysis I came down to the following choices: 1. Strigi - small, lightweight, development still activ