"If you don't want to use iGoogle, the URL of the canvas view is https://mail.google.com/tasks/canvas. Bookmark the page and pretend it's the standalone version of Google Tasks.

Here's the full list of Google Tasks interfaces:

https://mail.google.com/tasks/m - mobile version
https://mail.google.com/tasks/android - Android version
https://mail.google.com/tasks/iphone - iPhone version
https://mail.google.com/tasks/ig - iGoogle gadget
https://mail.google.com/tasks/canvas - iGoogle gadget in canvas view
(replace /tasks/ with /tasks/a/your_domain/ for the Google Apps versions).
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Script to convert a ubuntu server install to a minimal desktop. "post-install script which will give you a complete minimal desktop. After running this script your system will look the same as a fresh install of ubuntu just without all the added software."

a small utility that displays the list of all available applications in the 'Open With' dialog-box of Windows, and allows you to easily disable/enable the applications in the list.

UPnP plugin for Google Desktop that serves media from Picasa or other indexed content.

screensharing utility (download and install) for PC/Mac

Yugma lets you connect with up to 10 other people for free. Linux version coming soon they say. Also see on-demand session creation (Java) on homepage.

Turn non-resizeable windows into resizeable windows!

lets users split web applications out of their browser and run them directly on their desktop.

# Instant desktop sharing # Collaborate in any program # Free forever

acts like an invisible resizeable docking bar, which can be docked to any side of your desktop. This invisible dock acts as a barrier to maximized applications and essentially shields this area of your desktop from other applications.

Press Alt-F2 (Run Application). Enter gconf-editor. Browse to apps->nautilus->desktop and uncheck the volumes_visible option

an integrated development environment (IDE) for desktop gadget design that lets you quickly prototype or modify your gadget's UI and test its performance

Snap a window to other windows when moving and resizing double click white space to go to parent folder

move windows and maximize windows across the desktop

One of the best subtle things about my tiny Vaio was the wallpaper that changed the scene through the day (iGoogle tries this too).

Clever! Puts the matrix screensaver as the desktop (requires Gnome)

Automatically copies mouse selections to the clipboard. Reports the number of copied characters, words and lines.

an open source data integration application to help join your desktop data with the web. Apatar effectively integrates data and applications, and provides visual job designer and mapping, joins, filtering, data cleansing and validation capabilities.

DIManager X" is a small, practical tool to quickly save and restore the position of desktop icons

GCalDaemon is a cross-platform, Java-based server that syncs your Google Calendar data locally and makes it available to applications like Sunbird (Thunderbird with Lightning), Rainlendar and iCal.

provides a platform in between the desktop and the browser, which combines the reach and ease of development of the web model with the functionality and richness of the desktop model

lets you see, share and take control of each other’s computer screens and applications.

Like foldershare, but supports linux. No locks yet on files opened by >1 people...

a compact and powerful launch bar, menu, and tray icon facility apparently powerful but complicated (and with an ugly weblite)

Instantly take control over a computer anywhere on the Internet, even through firewalls.

alpha-blended application launcher that is similar to ObjectDock

a free application that will allow the user to have a visually pleasing bar at the side of the screen that is used to quickly launch shortcuts.

creates and manages virtual desktops and enables you to work far more efficiently and comfortably with many simultaneously opened windows on Windows 95/98/ME and NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista

This article describes how to shadow a Terminal Server session without a prompt for approval.

a FREE secure screen sharing utility designed for people of all technical skill levels

if a user is logged on at the local console, a remote user has to kick him off (and ironically, this can be done even without his permission) before starting work on the box

a free 1:1 application viewing tool. Use it to show a colleague, friend or family member anything on your desktop anytime, anywhere. It’s quick, easy and secure.

an advanced system monitoring and desktop enhancement engine for Windows 2000/XP/2003

a free, fast, and feature-full virtual desktop manager for Windows platform

DeskPins can be used to make any application topmost, that is, to keep it above all other windows.

Open Source Desktop Publishing for Linux, Mac OS® X and Windows®

RK Launcher is an application that will allow the user to have a visually pleasing bar at the side of the screen that is used to quickly launch shortcuts.