[NTLUG:Discuss] Terry wants to talk to you using Google Talk

[Stuart Johnston]

Chris Albertson wrote:
> 
> I don't mean to hijack this but... Can someone recommend an open source 
> "google desktop" product that runs cross-platform? I remember hearing 
> the mono folks talking about something, but I can't remember the name. I 
> am one of the 10 people in the world that actually uses google desktop 
> and I really like how it performs. The big brother potential does bother 
> me a bit though.

The main options on Linux are Beagle (Mono) and Kat (KDE).  Neither of 
them are cross-platform but there was talk a year ago of porting Beagle 
to Windows.  I can't find any reference to recent progress on that though.

The main competitor to Google Desktop on Windows is probably Copernic 
Desktop Search.  It is not Open Source but it says in the FAQ: "Rest 
assured that the data indexed by CDS stays on your PC and on no account 
will it be transferred to us or any of our partners."

http://beaglewiki.org/Main_Page
http://kat.mandriva.com/
http://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/index.html