search/index software

[Jeff Waugh]

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> wondering if there's anyting that automatically or sporadically will index
> the drives and allow for deep serches? where you don't have to specify the
> folder and runs in a GUI and not terminal?
> 
> like apple's soon to come spotlight:
> http://www.apple.com.au/macosx/tiger/spotlight.html or its ilk.
> 
> can't seem to find anything in universe's repository, but, being a novice,
> i probably just don't know what to look for.

Beagle was announced and demonstrated SIX HOURS before Apple's Spotlight:

  http://www.gnome.org/projects/beagle/

It may make it into Hoary. :-)

- Jeff

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