First the background:
I have been using ubuntu/kubuntu now for a bit more than 3 years. In that time I have managed to crash the FS numerous times so I am obviously not a typical user. But that's not what this post is about.
I *finally* upgraded from feisty to hardy a couple weeks ago. I am on my *THIRD* install of 8.04. I had to re-install twice because of some very strange problems, the most recent of which was yesterday when the system somehow failed overnight and became unbootable. But that's not what this post is about.
What this post is about is that when I googled to find a replacement for Stigi, I found this post:
http://www.kubuntuforums.net/forums/...?topic=3094807
in which Strigi was mentioned, but the issue never resolved.
That's what this post is about.
I found out that fesity (on another of my machines) uses kfind as a file searcher. It's a great app. I tried apt-get to put it on hardy.. but it's already in there. SO.. I opened kmenu and edited the Strigi info, simply replacing the text there with kfind. I changed Description to "find files/folders" and command to kfind.
Presto!
Now I have good ol' kfind on the menu, much like it was in feisty. then I did apt-get remove strigi. 8)
I love this stuff! When it works, there's no better distro. When I have problems, there's plenty of help.
I have been using ubuntu/kubuntu now for a bit more than 3 years. In that time I have managed to crash the FS numerous times so I am obviously not a typical user. But that's not what this post is about.
I *finally* upgraded from feisty to hardy a couple weeks ago. I am on my *THIRD* install of 8.04. I had to re-install twice because of some very strange problems, the most recent of which was yesterday when the system somehow failed overnight and became unbootable. But that's not what this post is about.
What this post is about is that when I googled to find a replacement for Stigi, I found this post:
http://www.kubuntuforums.net/forums/...?topic=3094807
in which Strigi was mentioned, but the issue never resolved.
That's what this post is about.
I found out that fesity (on another of my machines) uses kfind as a file searcher. It's a great app. I tried apt-get to put it on hardy.. but it's already in there. SO.. I opened kmenu and edited the Strigi info, simply replacing the text there with kfind. I changed Description to "find files/folders" and command to kfind.
Presto!
Now I have good ol' kfind on the menu, much like it was in feisty. then I did apt-get remove strigi. 8)
I love this stuff! When it works, there's no better distro. When I have problems, there's plenty of help.
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