[NTLUG:Discuss] opensuse and Beagle

[David Simmons]

maybe I'm missing it.....what's so hard about:

sudo find /
-name "missing.thing"

and no indexing
required?....may have to wait a little longer...but for those occasional
times - seems like the less of two evils?

 -dave

> Fred wrote:
>> I have been using Suse/opensuse since
Suse 8.2 and
>> cannot figure out why anyone thinks beagle is a
good
>> idea. When I install opensuse now, the first thing
that
>> happens after the system comes up is an uninstall
>> of beagle. Shoot that dawg, throw the carcass to the
>> buzzards.
> 
> It's an indexer.  So locating
files, emails, websites,
> etc. with a word/phrase is simple. 
Helps you find things.
> 
> However, it is a Mono thing...
and like Java things,
> I find the stability to be less than
desirable.
> 
>>
>> I know someone who has
had pc's since the early 80s
>> to, among other things, keep
track of all his stuff. He
>> absolutely cannot remember where
things are. Beagle
>> would probably be just right for someone
like him. I,
>> on the other hand, remember this stuff all too
well and,
>> for me, beagle is just a giant pain in the ass.
> 
> Yes and no.  I think in general most GNU/Linux users
> fall into the "smarter than the average bear" camp.
> But at the same time, I've used beagle to hunt some
> stuff
down... so it can actually be a useful tool.
> 
> Indexers
when they do their thing can be a bit
> heavy handed.  locatedb
and mandb can also be
> heavy consumers of resources.  But beagle
can index
> everything, and if it's configured to index
everything,
> it can be a real pain when it kicks in.
>

> Like you said, if it gets in the way, nuke it!
> 
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