Linux Desktop Improves Search (eWeek) [LWN.net]

eWeek takes a look at Novell's Linux Desktop. "Among the new features Novell hopes will draw the masses to the new desktop operating system, due next year, is Beagle, a desktop search and metadata technology that indexes all the content on a user's hard drive, including Web sites visited and instant messaging conversations, making this content all instantly searchable."

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Linux Desktop Improves Search (eWeek)

Posted Mar 29, 2005 17:38 UTC (Tue) by mmarq (guest, #2332) [Link]

Geez...

All very good. Search 'across the board'!?, 3D Desktops !?... meanwhile there isn't a *Real* unified effort to bring the same look&feel to all applications, be them Gtk, QT, wxWidgets, FOX, TCL,Python...

I mean this isn't whining or asking for to much, i belive... why cant people chose any application they like, and have the same, Icon theme, font rendering size&shape, color, menu format,... all 'across the board' from mozilla to OOo to Evolution to Konqueror!??.

This is very short to ask, i belive, a *common* metatheme or metatoolkit, and should be defended as if a crime would be commited if otherwise not followed!,... because the *low-tech masses* of Desktop users what they care the most for, is to where they are looking and where they are going to click next, and WinFS or Beagle as transparent in that department would be mostly unused most of the times for most of the users.

Microsoft is not laging behind Novell, what they are is very aware of the Desktop panorama, contrary to an Open Source more than ready for most of the desktops, but that cant create any sort of short learning curve common 'User Environment'.