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Monday, September 14, 2009

Mac Spotlight like search in Ubuntu!

Many people may have already done this manually but I thought I would help out for the people who do not know how or have not heard of these apps!



Here is a script I created that will guide you in adding a Spotlight like search feature in your Ubuntu Gnome Panel. It will act as close as you can get to Spotlight on a Mac!

The applications that are used are Beagle and Deskbar-Applet.

My script will automate the install as much as possible and instruct you in how to set up the search applet on the Gnome Panel!

Here is the download link. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?20ttdljlm2t

All you have to do is save it to your desktop and open the terminal and type the following
(they are each separate commands. You can copy and paste if you would like!)

cd ~/Desktop
chmod 777 spotlight-like
./spotlight-like

Now just follow what it tells you to do and BAM! You have a Spotlight like search on your Ubuntu desktop!

Enjoy

3 comments:

  1. This is what i was looking for!!!! THANX :)

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  2. Link doesnt work, says its been blocked...

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  3. Blocked? What specifically says it's blocked?

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