Add “I’m Feeling Lucky” to Vista Search

One of the features that Microsoft got right in Vista was integrated Search in the Start Menu. Once you’ve gotten used to the ideology you’ll find yourself able to open applications or documents without you fingers leaving the keyboard. It really is a valid time saver that works well in this context. In addition to [...]

Google Desktop Search on Ubuntu

I’m a little late to the game, once again, but here is my quick Good, Bad, Ugly 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 [...]

Google Cheat Sheet

I’d just like to say I came across this handy dandy Google Guide Quick Reference page. I am usually pretty good at using search engines and getting the results I am looking for, but I’ll be the first to admit I had no idea about a number of the advance operators. FAB!