diff --git a/tasks/task-essential-etch b/tasks/task-essential-etch
index 4b61de15..dbaeb424 100644
--- a/tasks/task-essential-etch
+++ b/tasks/task-essential-etch
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@
  */
 gnome-desktop-environment
 xorg
+desktop-base
+menu
+firefox
+iceweasel
+discover1
+xresprobe
+alsa-utils
+alsa-base
+eject
 apache2-mpm-prefork
 exim4
 cupsys
diff --git a/tasks/task-essential-etch-kde b/tasks/task-essential-etch-kde
index 9bb73c0b..e6f8b6fd 100644
--- a/tasks/task-essential-etch-kde
+++ b/tasks/task-essential-etch-kde
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ kdeutils
 kdepim
 kdm
 xorg
+desktop-base
+menu
+firefox
+iceweasel
+discover1
+xresprobe
+alsa-utils
+alsa-base
+eject
 language-env
 language-env
 language-env
diff --git a/tasks/task-essential-etch-xfce b/tasks/task-essential-etch-xfce
index ee56a143..b29c3222 100644
--- a/tasks/task-essential-etch-xfce
+++ b/tasks/task-essential-etch-xfce
@@ -6,7 +6,17 @@
  * Last updated: $Date: 2006-10-28 17:40:33 -0400 (Sat, 28 Oct 2006) $
  */
 xfce4
+xdm
 xorg
+desktop-base
+menu
+firefox
+iceweasel
+discover1
+xresprobe
+alsa-utils
+alsa-base
+eject
 language-env
 language-env
 language-env