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
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
Last Updated Friday, April 25 2008 @ 06:30 PM EDT
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