Google Desktop Search for Linux Available

After 3 long years since it was first introduced for Windows, Google Desktop Search is finally available for Linux users. It works on both KDE and GNOME based platforms like Ubuntu 6.10, SUSE 10.1, Debian 4.0 or Fedora Core 6.

The Quick Search Box is your fastest way to do web and desktop searches; type a few letters or words into the search box and your top results pop up instantly. You can call up the Quick Search Box by pressing the Ctrl key twice, and hide it by pressing Ctrl twice again.

Google Desktop automatically indexes and allows you to search the full text of virtually all your files, including the following types:

• Gmail
• Text files and source code
• PDF and PS files
• HTML files
• Email from Thunderbird
• OpenOffice.org documents
• Image and music files
• Man pages and Info pages
• File and folder names