Linux post-install checklist

What packages to add after installing a new version of a linux distro?

• wget
• display drivers
• audio drivers
• Acrobat Reader
• Flash plugin
• VLC
• Open VPN
• GVim
• Subversion
• Git
• msttcorefonts
• w32codecs
• TexMaker
• build tools (gcc, automake, autoconf,perl,python) 
• Java Development Kit
• LibreOffice
• Open SSH server
• Samba
• Zotero
• ftp
• ..more to come

Ubuntu specific

• build-essentials

Fedora specific

• rpmfusion (http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration/) 
• gstreamer-{ffmpeg,plugins-{good,ugly,bad{,-free,-nonfree}}}