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Google Desktop Now on Linux

Posted by samzenpus on from the yes-it-does-run-linux dept.

mytrip writes "Google was set to launch late on Wednesday a beta version of Google Desktop search for Linux in a sign of encouragement by the search giant for Linux on the desktop. Google Desktop allows people to search the Web while also searching the full text of all the information on their computer, including Gmail and their Web search history. Because the index is stored locally on the computer, users can access Gmail and Web history while offline."

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  1. Distributed Desktop Search by jonesy2k · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What would be really powerful would be a google desktop search which could search multiple machines at once eg. your desktop, laptop, perhaps even keeping an offline index of your usb drives. Then you could search in one place and easily find whatever you're looking for. I can see the privacy issues now, though.

  2. Re:Privacy by suv4x4 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What, outside of an inbuilt level of paranoia, leads you to think that Google will know what's on your hard drive?

    They have actually a somewhat poor track record of security in their desktop offerings (desktop and web accelerator).

    My built-in level of paranoia says, the problem's more to do with this app being a generic attack vector for anyone willing to abuse your computer.