Google Desktop vs mlocate
A side-by-side look at Google Desktop and mlocate. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Google Desktop
Os & Utilities
Google Desktop was a desktop search application created by Google that allowed users to search the content of their computers. It indexed emails, documents, music, photos, chat logs, and web pages viewed on the computer.
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mlocate
Os & Utilities
mlocate is a command line utility in Linux for quickly locating files based on their name or a regular expression. It maintains a database of files and directories to allow fast lookups compared to searching the whole file system.
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