Google Desktop for Linux 1.1 Beta

Google Desktop for Linux 1.1 Beta has been released. It has many improvements, but the most importand is that now it can search the content of Microsoft Office documents.

Because many people wanted to search and launch applications, Google added that functionality to the product. Desktop for Linux now supports many more image formats and will show better thumbnails for them in your search results. You can also customize the hotkey used to launch the quick search box. And most importantly, Desktop for Linux now searches the content of Microsoft Office documents - thme most requested feature.