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[tracker-website] separate the overview out

commit 9f9f4702b683a3523fe2296838dbaee806b55fa0
Author: Jakub Steiner <jimmac gmail com>
Date:   Tue Aug 2 11:56:53 2022 +0200

    separate the overview out

 index.md    | 89 +------------------------------------------------------------
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diff --git a/index.md b/index.md
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 ![Pixels](assets/splash.png){:.full.pixels}
 
-Tracker provides searching and indexing functionality for the GNOME desktop environment and beyond.
+Tracker provides searching and indexing functionality for the GNOME desktop environment and beyond. [Learn 
more about Tracker](overview/).
 
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@@ -20,90 +20,3 @@ Real time discussion can be found in the `#tracker` channel on the GIMPnet IRC n
 ## FAQ
 
 [Frequently asked questions](faq/) about Tracker.
-
----
-
-# Overview
-## What is Tracker?
-
-Tracker is an efficient search engine and distributed database for desktop, embedded and mobile.
-
-It is a middleware component aimed at desktop application developers who want their apps to browse and 
search user content. It's not designed to be used directly by desktop users, but it provides a commandline 
tool named `tracker3` for the adventurous.
-
-Tracker allows your application to instantly perform full-text searches across all documents. This feature 
is used by the 'search' bar in GNOME Files, for example.
-
-This is achieved by indexing the user's home directory in the background.
-
-Tracker also allows your application to query and list content that the user has stored. For example, [GNOME 
Music](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.Music) displays all the music files that are found by 
Tracker. This means that GNOME Music doesn't need to maintain a database of its own.
-
-If you need to go beyond simple searches, you'll be happy to know that Tracker is also a linked data 
endpoint and it understands [SPARQL](https://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-sparql11-overview-20130321/).
-
-Apps can also store data in their own Tracker SPARQL database. If you want, this data can be published as a 
[D-Bus](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus/) service to enable distributed queries.
-
-Tracker 3 is divided into two subprojects:
-
-* [Tracker SPARQL](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/tracker), a lightweight database library built around 
SQLite.
-* [Tracker Miners](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/tracker-miners/), a set of daemons which crawl the 
filesystem and extract metadata from many types of file to provide a system-wide search service.
-
-
-## Who uses Tracker?
-### GNOME
-
-Tracker is a core dependency of the [GNOME desktop](https://gnome.org).
-
-Gnome's [Shell](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell) doesn't use Tracker directly. Instead, the 
search results in the shell are provided by multiple apps on the system, using the [SearchProvider 
API](https://developer.gnome.org/SearchProvider/). Some of these apps use Tracker internally, so they return 
search results provided by Tracker to gnome-shell.
-
-The following GNOME applications use Tracker:
-
-* [Books](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Books) — uses Tracker Miner FS to find ebooks
-* [Boxes](https://apps.gnome.org/app/org.gnome.Boxes/) — uses Tracker Miner FS to find VM images
-* [Documents](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Documents) — uses Tracker Miner FS to find documents
-* [Files](https://apps.gnome.org/app/org.gnome.Nautilus/) — uses Tracker Miner FS for full-text search 
within files
-* [Games](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Games) — uses Tracker Miner FS to find games
-* [Music](https://apps.gnome.org/app/org.gnome.Music/) — uses Tracker Miner FS to find music and store 
playlist data
-* [Notes](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Notes) — uses Tracker SPARQL to store notes
-* [Photos](https://apps.gnome.org/app/org.gnome.Photos/) — uses Tracker Miner FS to find photos and Tracker 
SPARQL to store album data
-* [Usage](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-usage) — uses Tracker Miner FS to measure disk usage
-* [Videos](https://apps.gnome.org/app/org.gnome.Totem/) — uses Tracker Miner FS to find video content
-* [Health](https://apps.gnome.org/app/dev.Cogitri.Health/) — uses Tracker SPARQL to store health data
-
-Although Tracker is able to store contacts and calendar entries, GNOME uses [Evolution Data 
Server](https://developer.gnome.org/platform-overview/stable/tech-eds.html) for this.
-
-### GTK
-The file chooser dialog supplied by GTK has a search interface. There's a [Tracker 
backend](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/blob/master/gtk/gtksearchenginetracker.c) for this.
-
-### Media tools
-
-[Grilo](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Grilo) is a library for finding and fetching media content from many 
different sources. It uses Tracker Miner FS to browse and search local media content.
-
-[Netatalk](http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/) is an [Apple Filing 
Protocol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Filing_Protocol) media server. It uses [Tracker Miner 
FS](http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/3.1/htmldocs/configuration.html#idm140604592868992) to search through 
server content.
-
-[Rygel](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Rygel) is a home media solution that serves content over UPnP. It 
uses Tracker Miner FS to find your media files.
-
-### Sailfish OS
-
-[Sailfish OS](https://sailfishos.org/) uses Tracker Miner FS for [indexing media 
content](https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Core_Areas_and_APIs).
-
-## Documentation
-
-Tracker is a system component and most users will not need to interact with it directly.
-
-GNOME has documentation on how to [search for files in the file 
manager](https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/unstable/files-search.html.en).
-
-The `tracker3` commandline tool provides direct access to Tracker, and you can read the [documentation 
online](https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/tracker/docs/commandline/).
-
-## Related projects
-
-[Xapian](https://xapian.org/) provides similar functionality to Tracker Miner FS. It focuses more on 
scalability and less on having a lightweight footprint. Unlike Tracker, it doesn't support SPARQL or provide 
a Linked Data endpoint.
-
-[Baloo](https://community.kde.org/Baloo) is a metadata and search framework by KDE, implemented using Xapian.
-
-[Recoll](https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/) is a cross-platform desktop search application powered by 
Xapian.
-
-[Apache Lucene + Solr](http://lucene.apache.org/) is a search engine which targets very large-scale 
workloads. It has a much heavier footprint compared to Tracker.
-
-[ripgrep-all](https://phiresky.github.io/blog/2019/rga--ripgrep-for-zip-targz-docx-odt-epub-jpg/) is a 
commandline tool that can search for text within many types of file, and caches extracted data between runs.
-
-See the Wikipedia article on [Desktop search](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_search) for more 
information.
-
-Written with love using [Apostrophe](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.gitlab.somas.Apostrophe).
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diff --git a/overview.md b/overview.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+---
+layout: default
+---
+
+# Overview
+## What is Tracker?
+
+Tracker is an efficient search engine and distributed database for desktop, embedded and mobile.
+
+It is a middleware component aimed at desktop application developers who want their apps to browse and 
search user content. It's not designed to be used directly by desktop users, but it provides a commandline 
tool named `tracker3` for the adventurous.
+
+Tracker allows your application to instantly perform full-text searches across all documents. This feature 
is used by the 'search' bar in GNOME Files, for example.
+
+This is achieved by indexing the user's home directory in the background.
+
+Tracker also allows your application to query and list content that the user has stored. For example, [GNOME 
Music](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.Music) displays all the music files that are found by 
Tracker. This means that GNOME Music doesn't need to maintain a database of its own.
+
+If you need to go beyond simple searches, you'll be happy to know that Tracker is also a linked data 
endpoint and it understands [SPARQL](https://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-sparql11-overview-20130321/).
+
+Apps can also store data in their own Tracker SPARQL database. If you want, this data can be published as a 
[D-Bus](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus/) service to enable distributed queries.
+
+Tracker 3 is divided into two subprojects:
+
+* [Tracker SPARQL](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/tracker), a lightweight database library built around 
SQLite.
+* [Tracker Miners](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/tracker-miners/), a set of daemons which crawl the 
filesystem and extract metadata from many types of file to provide a system-wide search service.
+
+
+## Who uses Tracker?
+### GNOME
+
+Tracker is a core dependency of the [GNOME desktop](https://gnome.org).
+
+Gnome's [Shell](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell) doesn't use Tracker directly. Instead, the 
search results in the shell are provided by multiple apps on the system, using the [SearchProvider 
API](https://developer.gnome.org/SearchProvider/). Some of these apps use Tracker internally, so they return 
search results provided by Tracker to gnome-shell.
+
+The following GNOME applications use Tracker:
+
+* [Books](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Books) — uses Tracker Miner FS to find ebooks
+* [Boxes](https://apps.gnome.org/app/org.gnome.Boxes/) — uses Tracker Miner FS to find VM images
+* [Documents](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Documents) — uses Tracker Miner FS to find documents
+* [Files](https://apps.gnome.org/app/org.gnome.Nautilus/) — uses Tracker Miner FS for full-text search 
within files
+* [Games](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Games) — uses Tracker Miner FS to find games
+* [Music](https://apps.gnome.org/app/org.gnome.Music/) — uses Tracker Miner FS to find music and store 
playlist data
+* [Notes](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Notes) — uses Tracker SPARQL to store notes
+* [Photos](https://apps.gnome.org/app/org.gnome.Photos/) — uses Tracker Miner FS to find photos and Tracker 
SPARQL to store album data
+* [Usage](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-usage) — uses Tracker Miner FS to measure disk usage
+* [Videos](https://apps.gnome.org/app/org.gnome.Totem/) — uses Tracker Miner FS to find video content
+* [Health](https://apps.gnome.org/app/dev.Cogitri.Health/) — uses Tracker SPARQL to store health data
+
+Although Tracker is able to store contacts and calendar entries, GNOME uses [Evolution Data 
Server](https://developer.gnome.org/platform-overview/stable/tech-eds.html) for this.
+
+### GTK
+The file chooser dialog supplied by GTK has a search interface. There's a [Tracker 
backend](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/blob/master/gtk/gtksearchenginetracker.c) for this.
+
+### Media tools
+
+[Grilo](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Grilo) is a library for finding and fetching media content from many 
different sources. It uses Tracker Miner FS to browse and search local media content.
+
+[Netatalk](http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/) is an [Apple Filing 
Protocol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Filing_Protocol) media server. It uses [Tracker Miner 
FS](http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/3.1/htmldocs/configuration.html#idm140604592868992) to search through 
server content.
+
+[Rygel](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Rygel) is a home media solution that serves content over UPnP. It 
uses Tracker Miner FS to find your media files.
+
+### Sailfish OS
+
+[Sailfish OS](https://sailfishos.org/) uses Tracker Miner FS for [indexing media 
content](https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Core_Areas_and_APIs).
+
+## Documentation
+
+Tracker is a system component and most users will not need to interact with it directly.
+
+GNOME has documentation on how to [search for files in the file 
manager](https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/unstable/files-search.html.en).
+
+The `tracker3` commandline tool provides direct access to Tracker, and you can read the [documentation 
online](https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/tracker/docs/commandline/).
+
+## Related projects
+
+[Xapian](https://xapian.org/) provides similar functionality to Tracker Miner FS. It focuses more on 
scalability and less on having a lightweight footprint. Unlike Tracker, it doesn't support SPARQL or provide 
a Linked Data endpoint.
+
+[Baloo](https://community.kde.org/Baloo) is a metadata and search framework by KDE, implemented using Xapian.
+
+[Recoll](https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/) is a cross-platform desktop search application powered by 
Xapian.
+
+[Apache Lucene + Solr](http://lucene.apache.org/) is a search engine which targets very large-scale 
workloads. It has a much heavier footprint compared to Tracker.
+
+[ripgrep-all](https://phiresky.github.io/blog/2019/rga--ripgrep-for-zip-targz-docx-odt-epub-jpg/) is a 
commandline tool that can search for text within many types of file, and caches extracted data between runs.
+
+See the Wikipedia article on [Desktop search](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_search) for more 
information.
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