Comments on: Beagle vs Tracker http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/09/24/beagle-vs-tracker/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:44:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Luis http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/09/24/beagle-vs-tracker/#comment-4130 Luis Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:58:10 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/09/24/beagle-vs-tracker/#comment-4130 <i>I gave tracker a go and it seemed very fast and light, however, its indexing support for KDE file types was rather poor, so I had to revert to Beagle.</i> I don't use instant search much, but in my KDE box I have Recoll just to test it and it does feel lighter than Beagle while doing a decent job. It has a QT interface and indexes Kmail emails and Kopete chats. It's available in Ubuntu Gutsy. By the way, I tried strigi which will be default in KDE4 (AFAIK) and it felt really "alphaish". It crashed easily, couldn't index many file types, had a poor interface... I doubt they can include in in the initial release of KDE 4.0. I gave tracker a go and it seemed very fast and light, however, its indexing support for KDE file types was rather poor, so I had to revert to Beagle.

I don’t use instant search much, but in my KDE box I have Recoll just to test it and it does feel lighter than Beagle while doing a decent job. It has a QT interface and indexes Kmail emails and Kopete chats. It’s available in Ubuntu Gutsy.

By the way, I tried strigi which will be default in KDE4 (AFAIK) and it felt really “alphaish”. It crashed easily, couldn’t index many file types, had a poor interface… I doubt they can include in in the initial release of KDE 4.0.

]]> By: Michael Reed http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/09/24/beagle-vs-tracker/#comment-4125 Michael Reed Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:38:29 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/09/24/beagle-vs-tracker/#comment-4125 I love instant search, as a feature, and this is first version of Beagle (installed from the package manager Kubuntu 7.04) that has been stable enough for day to day use. I gave tracker a go and it seemed very fast and light, however, its indexing support for KDE file types was rather poor, so I had to revert to Beagle. Beagle uses a lot of resources, but I'll have to stick with it until Tracker can support my IM, Email etc databases. The KDE search front end is basic but pretty good. Amongst other things, it does support thumbnails in the search results which I regard as a useful feature. I love instant search, as a feature, and this is first version of Beagle (installed from the package manager Kubuntu 7.04) that has been stable enough for day to day use.

I gave tracker a go and it seemed very fast and light, however, its indexing support for KDE file types was rather poor, so I had to revert to Beagle. Beagle uses a lot of resources, but I’ll have to stick with it until Tracker can support my IM, Email etc databases.

The KDE search front end is basic but pretty good. Amongst other things, it does support thumbnails in the search results which I regard as a useful feature.

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