"must have programs"

[gorn]

in a completely random order:
rxvt - great terminal emulator, does exactly what i want
gaim - gotta talk to people some how
mozilla - 8) nuf said 8)
ngrep - sniffing those packets
perl - code what you gotta code
icewm - /the/ window manager


hmm others i cant think of right now

[xkill]

mozilla/galeon -- prefer this combo to opera
Konqueror -- my favorite file manager
dctc/dc_gui -- for the divx file sharing junkies
Mondo-rescue -- back up a live file system to cdr/cdrw
kdict -- increase your vocabulary
eboard -- good chess proggie
MPLAYER -- gotta have it
gkrellm -- need a cpu monitor

[stryder144]

I would say, for me, the following:

gkrellm
gnomesword
xfce
Mozilla
gaim
kppp
Evolution
Nautilus
pysol
SameGnome (I think that's what it's called)
Mahjongg
Any minesweeper-type game
PotatoMan (again, I think that's the name of it)
missile-command style games

That's about it, I guess.