Well they finally did it and a beta is out already -
http://desktop.google.com
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