Ever since Jeffrey put up the Chandler Quick Entry gadget on iGoogle, people have been asking for the same functionality on their desktop. Marcelo de Moraes Serpa recently figured out a way to do this for Linux. See his detailed instructions below!

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I downloaded the deb package for the latest version of Screenlets.

Once you have installed Screenlets,

1. Press alt+f2 and enter screenlets-manager to open the Screenlets Manager.
2. Click [Install] to open the Install dialog.
3. Choose [Convert Web Widget] from the list.
4. Click [Ok].

The Convert Widget dialog will pop up.

1. Leave the pulldown on Google Gadgets.
2. [Click Go to web page].

You will be taken to the iGoogle Gadget Directory.

1. Find the Chandler Quick Entry Widget.
2. Click View Source in the bottom, right-hand sidebar.

Copy the code.

1. Go back to the Convert Widget dialog and paste this code into the edit box below the Step 2 … label:
2. Give the widget a name (e.g: Chandler Quick Entry).
3. Click [Ok].

From the Screenlets widgets bar, double-click to launch the newly added Chandler Quick Entry widget. (You can also search to find it. (Screenshot taken from the Screenlets website.)

You can configure it to auto-launch on startup and create a desktop shortcut for it as well! Great!