On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:56:31 +0000 "Paul Smith" phhs80@gmail.com wrote:
I have many pdf documents, which I would like to organize to allow for a better search for, e.g., by keywords, etc. Is there some open source tool for that? I used Google Desktop, but it was quite heavy to my computer. Any ideas?
Beagle and Tracker come to mind. Beagle seems to work a bit smoother for me, but it is based on Mono, if that's a concern for you.
Tracker is written in C and is more lightweight, but very often appears to grind my CPU and HD for no good reason. I think I remember that this is a known bug.
Then there is Strigi, if you're using KDE. I've never even looked at it, so I can't comment.
regards, /W