On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 17:10 -0600, Steven Stern wrote: > Bruce Byfield wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 15:26 +0000, dexter wrote: > > > > > >>> I don't recall ever starting beagled, > >>> and it does not seem to be listed by chkconfig. > >>> > > > > > >>> What exactly does it do? > >>> > > > > "Teaches users bad habits," is my first response. Beagle, like Tracker, > > is designed for people who dump everything into the top level of their > > home directory, instead of organizing them into meaningful folders. If > > you've taken the time to organize yourself, then apps like Beagle and > > Tracker seem a large committment of resources just to accomodate people > > who won't learn good work habits. ;-) > > > > > Until you have too many folders, too many years of files and not enough > coffee. I use Google Desktop and I have added /etc to its index. It > makes it very easy to find find, for example, all files that make > reference to "ath0" or contain "radeon". > And we won't speak of "senior moments" and the last minute panic of finding that report or picture of the grandkids. Regards, Les H
