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Google Desktop

Google Desktop

Google Desktop is a desktop search application that gives you easy access to information on your computer and from the web. Desktop makes searching your own email, files, music, photos, and more as easy as searching the web with Google.

It also lets you launch applications and files with just a few keystrokes.

While Google Desktop search tool for Linux is dependent on various open source libraries, the search tool itself is a closed source product



 Google Desktop

Price
Free to download

Size
7.6MB

License
Proprietary

Developer
Google Inc.

Website
desktop.google.com

System Requirements
glibc 2.3.2+
gtk+ 2.2.0+

Support Sites:
Desktop Blog, Getting Started Guide

Selected Reviews:
AssociatedContent, blogspot, Linux.com


The software automatically indexes and allows you to search the full text of virtually all your files, including the following types:

  • Gmail
  • Text files and source code
  • PDF and PS files
  • HTML files
  • Email from Thunderbird
  • OpenOffice.org documents
  • Image and music files
  • Man pages and Info pages
  • Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Features include:

  • Quick Search Box
  • Search Gmail and Web History
  • Familiar Results
  • Smart Indexing
  • Google Integration
  • File Versioning
  • Multi-Language Support
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Google Desktop also features in our 'Linux Equivalents to Windows Software' section. The category selector below allows you to filter the different types of software included in that separate article.

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Last Updated Saturday, December 06 2008 @ 06:47 PM EST


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