My favorite Linux search tools make it easier to find your files – no command line needed

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ZDNET’s key takeaways

• Make searching for files easier with these GUI tools.
• Each of these apps will work on most distributions.
• You can install these tools for free.

In the early days of Linux, searching for files was a command-line affair using either locate or find. Although the tools were suitable for the job, they would sometimes fail to find what I was looking for or would require complicated regular…