Google Desktop v1.1 Linux Beta

Earlier this year we were first to break the news that Google would be expanding its Linux desktop application arsenal and then later that month Google released Google Desktop 1.0 for Linux. Today Google has released out their first beta update to the Google Desktop for Linux, in what will be version 1.1. Google Desktop v1.1 Beta for Linux adds in support for searching and launching applications, many more image formats are now supported, and the image thumbnails in the search results has also been improved. This Google Desktop update also allows the user to customize their "quick search" hot-key launcher and the Linux version now supports searching the contents of Microsoft Office documents. The official details are available from the Google Desktop Blog as well as Linux download links.