<s>
Beagle	B-Language
is	O
a	O
search	B-Application
system	I-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
other	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
enabling	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
search	O
documents	O
,	O
chat	O
logs	O
,	O
email	O
and	O
contact	O
lists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beagle	B-Language
grew	O
out	O
of	O
Dashboard	O
,	O
an	O
early	O
Mono-based	O
application	O
for	O
watching	O
and	O
presenting	O
useful	O
information	O
from	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
C#	B-Application
using	O
Mono	B-Application
and	O
uses	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
Lucene	B-Language
to	O
C#	B-Application
called	O
Lucene.Net	O
as	O
its	O
indexer	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beagle	B-Language
includes	O
a	O
Gtk#	O
-based	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
and	O
integrates	O
with	O
Galago	O
for	O
presence	B-Protocol
information	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beagle	B-Language
was	O
developed	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
Joe	O
Shaw	O
with	O
help	O
from	O
the	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beagle	B-Language
searches	I-Language
the	O
content	O
of	O
documents	O
and	O
associated	O
metadata	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beagle	B-Language
can	O
also	O
index	O
additional	O
file	O
types	O
not	O
natively	O
supported	O
using	O
external	O
tools	O
through	O
a	O
configuration	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Beagle	B-Language
efficiently	O
indexes	O
documents	O
using	O
inotify	B-Application
without	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
frequent	O
reindexing	O
.	O
</s>
