Desktop search tools for Linux

[Omer Zak]

On Sun, 2009-05-24 at 22:26 +0300, Dov Grobgeld wrote:
> Perhaps this would suit your needs?
> 
> http://hyperestraier.sourceforge.net/
> 
> It can be configured to look through a large variety of files. I once
> thought to set it up to improve search in a mediawiki configuration,
> but I never got around to it.

I found that Debian Lenny has a package for it.
Does anyone actually use it?
How does it compare to tools like Beagle, Recoll or Strigi?

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