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		jjoonathan on Oct 20, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch an... How is desktop search? Spotlight (mac desktop search) is a killer feature for me -- fast, reliable, smooth, all straight out of the box. Meanwhile, I've wasted many hours trying to get desktop search up to the same standard on Windows and Linux. That was years ago (for linux, at least), hopefully things have improved. How is linux desktop search doing today?

indymike on Oct 20, 2020 | [–]

KDE's search is very, very fast and at least on the latest KDE, just works.

heavyset_go on Oct 20, 2020 | | [–]

Works pretty well on Plasma Desktop. I use it all the time to find files via KRunner.

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