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Grub 2.5.1

by Paul Rowlingson

04 Apr 2005

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Verdict

It's a shame this isn't an open source initiative, but an interesting project nonetheless

Review Rating: rating

Platform: Windows XP

Manufacturer: LookSmart

Size: 2.96MB (Win), 220Kb (Linux)

Number of Downloads: 563

Price: null

Grub is a web crawler from the LookSmart company with the aim of tracking down 'every site in the world'. Simply install this software and your PCs idle time will be used to crawl the internet for urls.

Any urls that your Grub client finds are submitted to the Grub network where they are used to enhance the results of the LookSmart search engine, Wisenut.

You can specify the percentage of CPU usage and bandwidth that is dedicated to Grub, to ensure your day to day tasks are not hampered.

Linux version: To download the Linux version, click here.

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