[kwlug-disc] searx, a sub topic of Now in the market for a new search engine...

[Znoteer]

Hi,

On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 11:32:04AM -0400, Andrew Sullivan Cant wrote:
> This reminded me of the Searx search engine, which sounds interesting but I
> have not gotten around to looking at.
> 
[snip]

> 
> Has anyone ever user or looked at this?
> 

Yes, I installed it as an app on Freedombox.  TL;DR I was disappointed.

Perhaps I didn't tweak all the myriad options enough, but I didn't find it
very useful.  Not many relavant results, lots of getting cut off because of
too many connection attempts, frequently got no results or less than a page,
having to close searx and reopen because of too much time idling without
searching...  All that for searches that just work on ddg.

I might try playing some more at a later date.  I'm not ready to recommend
it, or even mention its existence, to anyone for the time being, though.

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> 
> 
> On 2022-04-15 22:26, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> > 
> > Just found out that DuckDuckGo is now a lapdog for the copyright
> > industry (https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/04/15/2057253/duckduckgo-removes-pirate-sites-and-youtube-dl-from-its-search-results <https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/04/15/2057253/duckduckgo-removes-pirate-sites-and-youtube-dl-from-its-search-results>)
> > 
> > I mean, really, youtube-dl????
> > 
> > So I am now in need of a new really-is-private-and-FOSS search engine.
> > Obviously, Google is out of the question.
> > 
> > What are the cool kids using these days to protect their rights?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > 
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