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Google Desktop Search on Ubuntu

I’m a little late to the game, once again, but here is my quick Good, Bad, UglyQuick Search Box review on the recently released Google Desktop Search for Linux.

Good

  • Easy installation in Ubuntu using the provided .deb package
  • Starts automatically at boot
  • Integrates Local Search into normal Google results in your browser
  • Quick Search access by hitting Control Control
  • Respects my GNOME default applications when opening files returned in results page

Bad

  • A little CPU heavy on my Centrino Laptop
  • File writes/updates are perceivably slower

Ugly

  • Look and Feel not with the rest of my GNOME/GTK theme
  • The Beagle Project is still king of Desktop Search for me
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