Well they finally did it and a beta is out already -
A quick review - 1. Its fast and returns good results 2. Its still (beta) heavy ( 13 MB footprint in memory ) as compared to windows counterpart. 3. Its very responsive and easy to use. 4. The directories it searches by default is pretty good. 5. Extensible with other plugins. Am not sure how many plugins will work with the linux one. 6. Works with Ubuntu ( the favored one these days ) and rh/sles. 7. Bad bad thing - closed source. They should really find way to wrap their algorithms than closing off the entire app.
Beagle with its mono bindings was a bit too slow for me ( i could hear my laptop hdd whir ). And trackerd with catfish was more than tricky to configure for any relevant results.
So as of now google desktop wins the competion ( was there one ?) despite its flaws.
whats your take on it ?
regards, C
Chetan S wrote:
Well they finally did it and a beta is out already -
A quick review -
- Its fast and returns good results
- Its still (beta) heavy ( 13 MB footprint in memory ) as compared to
windows counterpart. 3. Its very responsive and easy to use. 4. The directories it searches by default is pretty good. 5. Extensible with other plugins. Am not sure how many plugins will work with the linux one. 6. Works with Ubuntu ( the favored one these days ) and rh/sles. 7. Bad bad thing - closed source. They should really find way to wrap their algorithms than closing off the entire app.
What information does it pass on to the google site?
- Bad bad thing - closed source. They should really find way to wrap
their algorithms than closing off the entire app.
Is it?? It's listed under their open source projects. Any source for this information?
What information does it pass on to the google site?
http://desktop.google.com/linux/privacypolicy.html, look under "Information we collect" section
On 6/28/07, Rony ronbillypop@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
What information does it pass on to the google site?
none ( so says the app ) if you do not enable the advanced features the time you install the application. They are actually requesting bug-reports.
regards, C
Chetan S wrote:
On 6/28/07, Rony ronbillypop@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
What information does it pass on to the google site?
none ( so says the app ) if you do not enable the advanced features the time you install the application. They are actually requesting bug-reports.
Check out the link provided by Riyaz.
On 6/28/07, Chetan S cshring@gmail.com wrote:
Well they finally did it and a beta is out already - http://desktop.google.com
There is no build for 64-bit x86_64 systems (AMD64 / EMT64) yet. I wonder whats stops them from releasing a x86_64 build, given that most new PCs on the market are 64-bit.
- Its still (beta) heavy ( 13 MB footprint in memory ) as compared to
windows counterpart.
A mere gnome-terminal takes about 10MB resident memory! How much does the windows version of google desktop take?
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