useable desktop-search in 12.04

[Kai Straube]

Hi there,

I am wondering if there is a usable desktop-search tool in ubuntu 12.04?
I installed tracker, but ther are no configuration tools integrated and
I dont no how to start the indexing. Or what ist the prefered solution
for this under unity?

thanks in advance,

Kai

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[Mark Widdicombe]

On 23 March 2012 15:18, Kai Straube <kai.s...@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am wondering if there is a usable desktop-search tool in ubuntu 12.04? I
> installed tracker, but ther are no configuration tools integrated and I dont
> no how to start the indexing. Or what ist the prefered solution for this
> under unity?

If catfish is available under unity you might want to try that. It's
a front end for 'find' and 'locate'.

[Kai Straube]

Am 03/23/2012 02:24 PM, schrieb Mark Widdicombe:
> On 23 March 2012 15:18, Kai Straube<kai.s...@gmx.de> wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I am wondering if there is a usable desktop-search tool in ubuntu 12.04? I
>> installed tracker, but ther are no configuration tools integrated and I dont
>> no how to start the indexing. Or what ist the prefered solution for this
>> under unity?
> If catfish is available under unity you might want to try that. It's
> a front end for 'find' and 'locate'.
>

Is catfish able to search in pdf-files?

Kai

[Carlos Alberto Alves]

On 03/23/2012 10:18 AM, Kai Straube wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am wondering if there is a usable desktop-search tool in ubuntu 12.04?
> I installed tracker, but ther are no configuration tools integrated and
> I dont no how to start the indexing. Or what ist the prefered solution
> for this under unity?
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> Kai
>

Try "Recoll". It is really excelent.
;-)
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[rikona]

Hello Kai,

Saturday, March 24, 2012, 2:54:06 PM, Kai wrote:

> Thank you! I tried recoll indead. But I found the interface is not
> really good integraded in unity. But of course, it works, how it
> should. The interface is not so ....

That is really bad news. Recoll is a MUCH better search app than
others, and a key tool I use. If unity screws it up, that would be,
for me, a strong reason to abandon unity. Does unity screw up other
good apps too?

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[rikona]

Sunday, March 25, 2012, 6:52:07 AM, Carlos wrote:

> Beagle was much better, but there is no updated version... :(

How so better? Can it do specified proximity searches[a very powerful
search tool], or multiple restricted file types, or restricted
subtrees - just to mention a few of the capabilities of recoll? Beagle
had a nice simple interface, but I much prefer recoll for large,
complex, serious searches where you want to get something without
having to go through a lot of extra junk manually. No eye candy in the
recoll interface, though - just a lot of search power...

And, the developer is also interested in capability. I suggested
adding proximity searching, and he did. So if there is another 'power'
feature you might like, let him know. You might be able to improve it
even more.

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