Desktop Search - Beagle

Desktop Search (Beagle)

Searching your computer for your files, photos, music and more has never been easier.  Desktop Search is powered by Beagle, which indexes your home directory and makes it easy and fast to find what you're looking for.

Using Beagle 

Beagle is automatically started when you run Foresight Linux, and as you add content to your home directory, will automatically index it for you.  Beagle will index your music, photos, files, instant messenging conversations, emails in Evolution, videos, documents, and more.

To search your computer, click on the magnifying glass in your upper right hand corner of your panel, or hit F12.  A search box will appear (shown below in the screenshot), type in your search parameters, and Beagle will display the results.  Double clicking on a search result will start the application associated with the file, such as double clicking on a MP3 will start Banshee for playback.

Deskbar and Beagle 

Another tool to search your desktop is using Deskbar.  Deskbar is an applet that sits on your GNOME panel, and allows you to search via a number of different tools, including Beagle, Web searches, and a number of other tools.  To add Deskbar to your panel, right click on your panel and click "Add to Panel".  Click "Deskbar" and click "Add".  Beagle is not a default preference in Deskbar, so that will need to be enabled.  Right click on the icon, and choose "Preferences".  Click on the boxes for "Beagle" and "Beagle Live" to enable searching via Beagle in the Deskbar.  To start a search, click on the Deskar icon, and type your search query in the dialog box that appears, and choose how you want to search, you will see Beagle as an option under Actions.