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mlocate/plocate (for locate and updatedb) are also nice Even if the db is not up to date, it's likely faster to update/search than rely on find I find simple
by bravetraveler 4y ago
mlocate/plocate (for locate and updatedb) are also nice
Even if the db is not up to date, it's likely faster to update/search than rely on find
I find simple searches by file name useful, but that's also because I'm fairly diligent to keep my filesystems organized
The launcher called Albert is helpful as a sort of Spotlight stand-in with Linux (maybe elsewhere?). It does math, runs things, and can have things like a dictionary added. I believe it can also search
- bravetraveler 4y agoLost my ability to edit, but here's a link to Albert: https://albertlauncher.github.io/ https://albertlauncher.github.io/ The demonstrations there confirm searching... and way more than I can do justice here
- abdullahkhalids 4y agoAlbert is pretty good. I also catfish https://launchpad.net/catfish-search https://launchpad.net/catfish-search which is excellent. Also can search within text files.
- yonz 4y agoAre either of you concerned about giving permissions to almost everything? I think that was why I uninstalled Albert.
- abdullahkhalids 4y agoI am not sure what special permissions you are talking about that Albert gets? Just like any other software, it can do whatever the user can do. As far as I understand it doesn't "phone home" or anything with my data. And doesn't really delete or move files in any way.
- bravetraveler 4y agoA bit, I'll admit I haven't audited it as much as I should -- are you aware of anything in particular? I install it through the Fedora repositories and only use the bundled extensions, so I don't worry too much about it