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EWeek: New GNOME Does Search Right

Submitted by stro on Wed, 2006-04-19 11:12. Gnome 2.x
Gnome 2.x

For years now, the Linux and open-source desktop has had the benefit of multiple software projects pushing forward to create nicer-looking, more useful environments. One of the most prominent of those projects, GNOME, recently underwent one of its twice-yearly updates, and the result is a compelling set of refinements.

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Speed

Submitted by Anonymous George (not verified) on Sun, 2006-04-23 12:53.

Well, Beagle and Spotlight don't quite work the same way, but yes, I find Spotlight surprisingly slow. Not BOOM, Like SteveJ say. Actually I think the devs of all of these tools could do to look at Quicksilver, although I have to say I DO like Deskbar Applet.

By the way, some clever hacker needs to make a twin of deskbar applet that collects all my system information into a little applet instead of having popups all over.

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