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Google Desktop For Linux Released

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In what will hopefully be a long line of applications for the Linux world, Google has released a version of Google Desktop for Linux. While it lacks support for widgets/gadgets, it will index just about everything on your system. OOo docs, man pages, media files, and more.

Good, now I’ll be able to install the PHP documentation and search it rather than having to visit PHP.net every time!

Hopefully we’ll get an update to Picasa in the near future, as well as a Linux version of Google Talk. Yes, I know GTalk is just jabber… it’s the GMail integration that I like most.

Google Apps May Be Coming To Linux

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An article posted on DesktopLinux.com says that Linux users may finally be getting some of Google’s toys. The article only hints about Google Talk and Picasa, but I’m wondering when we’ll be seeing Google Desktop Search, and other apps ported over.

This also makes me wonder if Google really is creating the rumored Google Linux distribution. After all, it would be kind of silly to release a distro when your tools aren’t available for it.

Google Fixes Microsoft Security Flaw (At Least On Their End)

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Google has made some changes to their Desktop Search to block attackers from exploiting a security flaw in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. The best part about this is the modifications made by Google were on their end, and end users do not need to download any kind of patch or update.

It took Google roughly one week to fix (or at least prevent) a flaw in IE and protect their users. Microsoft is still “looking into the issue”.

Of course, people who use Opera or Firefox didn’t have to worry about this issue in the first place. ;)

Google Desktop Search Plugin For Opera History

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I just noticed that someone released a new plugin for the Google Desktop Search, which allows it to index Opera history.

As I posted over on the Opera forums, the plugin isn’t much, however it was released under the GPL and the source code is included. Maybe some one can take this plugin and extend it to index the other areas of Opera as well. i.e. M2 (Opera’s Email, RSS, Newsgroup, and chat client), notes, and bookmarks.