The Linux operating system will adopt a search function similar to Google

[Enews message] according to the plan released by KDE developers, by adding a Google-type search function, you can simplify Source code In the Linux operating system desktop environment. The new version of Kde, known as version 3.4 or version 4, is expected to include this new search feature. This new version is likely to be released in the next 18 months.

According to Aaron, a kde developerCommunityAt the Global Summit, the KDE community has been discussing new search engines and is writingCode. The new search engine will be included in the control panel and will be based on the current search function in KDE. He said that although people can still search for files by name, we are planning a search engine similar to Google. According to Aaron, searching for files on the web is easier than searching for files on a computer.

Aaron said the search tool is expected to be included in the new KDE version, but developers are not sure if it will be completed by that time. However, developers may use their improved search capabilities to attack Microsoft, but the software giant of Microsoft is already discussing how to improve its search capabilities on Windows desktops. Improved search is part of Microsoft's new-generation operating system Longhorn plan. However, it is only one of several KDE interface enhancements, and developers also hope to further simplify the appearance and style of KDE. According to Aaron, we are planning to make KDE simpler, and developers are willing to Develop interfaces with 1 million control bars and buttons, but this is not easy to use. We hope to make the interface more intuitive without limiting its capabilities.

Currently, three availability experts have joined the KDE project to help improve the interface. According to Aaron, since developers do not meet the needs of non-technical users, open source desktop software is generally not easy to use. Traditionally, open source software is written by programmers, he said. He said that although I cannot imagine the future of Kde, I hope its interface will be very intuitive, so that people will no longer regard it as a user interface.

However, some people in the open-source community suspect that the availability of Linux desktops can reach the level of Windows desktops. According to Red Hat's European Marketing Director Bao Luo, his R & D budget is not comparable to Microsoft's, so his company has to focus on servers rather than desktops. He said that our previous year's profit was 0.1 billion US dollars, and we had to invest 25 million more in R & D. However, Microsoft's one-year R & D investment cost is $7 billion, which is indeed far from enough.