Google Launches Desktop Search For Linux

Google has launched its Desktop search application for Linux, almost three years after the product’s launch for Microsoft Windows operating system.

Google Desktop allows users to search for multimedia files and information on their computer, including Gmail and their web search history. Also, the tool allows the users to access Gmail and web history offline, as the Google desktop index is stored locally on the computer.

A company representative revealed that Google Desktop for Linux was written natively and uses Google’s own desktop search algorithms instead of existing Linux search applications, such as Beagle. However, only computers with x86 processors can use the software. It supports the Debian 4.0, Fedora Core 6, Ubuntu 6.10, Novell Suse 10.1 and Red Flag 5 versions of Linux, and uses either the KDE or Gnome graphical user interface.

The official Google blog states, “Since some Linux users are program developers, Google Desktop was designed with the ability to search source codes and information contained in .pdf, .ps, .man and .info documents. It also features the Quick Search Box , which you can call up by pressing the Ctrl key twice. Type a few letters or words into the search box and your top results pop up instantly. Keeping with a global focus, you can use it in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean - and it works with many versions of Linux too.”

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