Google finally remembering Linux
Tuesday, 27. June 2006, 20:43:49
Google was always heavily criticized for not giving back to Linux, in spite of all that Linux has represented for Google.But recently a couple of Google tools are available for Linux users: Picasa and Google Earth.
Before that, we unfortunate linux users only had (to my knowledge) the Google Toolbar when it became available for Firefox. Thank God that XUL is platform-agnostic!
But I am still awaiting a couple of 80-pound gorillas tools to cross the platform border: Google Talk and Google Desktop. The former for the voice features, because Gaim is good enough for text messaging. And the latter mainly for the search functionality. I don't give a penny for the gadgets but they'll be welcome too.
Please Google, give something back to the platform that runs all your services!
Update (July 2)
I have tried Beagle on Ubuntu Dapper and I have found it stable and production-ready for the first time. I tried it before, a previous version, and it was not satisfactory for me. So I care less for Google Desktop. Nevertheless I welcome it. It would be good to have some competition in the Linux Desktop Search market too. Perhaps Google Desktop, Yahoo Desktop Search and Copernic Desktop Search could come over and cross the platform line.
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