With the last few GNOME versions, there has been a facility to create an XML file which allows for changing wallpapers every x number of minutes. However, there is no official way within GNOME to create the XML file, so this is an application which allows you to select which files should be used using a GTK+ interface.
Venetian 1.0 released 21/01/2010 (Download) (Screenshot)You can use this script to grab the Astronomy Picture of the Day from apod.nasa.gov. It downloads using wget to the desktop.
apodgrab (version 0.2)topnews allows the displaying a number of the current BBC/Guardian/Times Online headlines using the top stories RSS feed. Check the README in the tar file for usage instructions.
topnews (version 3.0) - released 22/01/2010millionaire is a simple script which generates six numbers for use in the National Lottery.
millionaire 1.1 released 20/02/2010 (Download)betslip allows the calculation of betting returns based on the stake and odds entered. The application supports fraction and decimal odds.
betslip (version 1.2)This is a PyGTK application which has two functions; it can verify or generate a hash of a file.
Confirm (version 2.0)Due to msot distributions not providing any document templates by default in the Nautilus and Thunar file managers, this is a collection of potentially useful files which can be placed in the Templates directory. The pack includes source files for Python, C, C++, HTML, XHTML, Shell Script, XML, Perl, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and several others.
Templates pack (version 1.1)