On Linux, the App Launcher is now shown in the taskbar.

ui/views/widget/widget.h

Index: ui/views/widget/widget.h
diff --git a/ui/views/widget/widget.h b/ui/views/widget/widget.h
index c27319226d0cdb27b88dfffb5587953678d01b5c..99c1a238cd6772f52b1a06019a298224476939e4 100644
--- a/ui/views/widget/widget.h
+++ b/ui/views/widget/widget.h
@@ -225,6 +225,10 @@ class VIEWS_EXPORT Widget : public internal::NativeWidgetDelegate,
     // where it wants your window placed.) NULL is not allowed if you are using
     // aura.
     gfx::NativeView context;
+    // If true, forces the window to be shown in the taskbar, even for window
+    // types that do not appear in the taskbar by default (popup and bubble).
+    // Currently only used by X11.
+    bool override_show_in_taskbar;

[sadrul, 2014/01/07 17:20:22]

Call this force_show_in_taskbar instead?

You need to initialize this in widget.cc

[Matt Giuca, 2014/01/08 00:48:18]

Done.
Done. Sorry, this was quite silly.

     // Only used by X11, for root level windows. Specifies the res_name and
     // res_class fields, respectively, of the WM_CLASS window property. Controls
     // window grouping and desktop file matching in Linux window managers.