Software checklist

For image editing:

• Gimp
• ImageMagick (convert, mogrify, identify)
  
• mkbitmap in Potrace
  
• DjvuLibre-bin (cjb2, djvm)
  
• PdfJam (pdfjoin)
  
• Ubuntu's ps2pdf12
  
• Ubuntu's pdfimages
• InkScape
• FontForge for fonts
  

For windows programs:

• VirtualBox
• wine

For office stuff:

• OpenOffice
• Gedit

For E-Books:

• Sigil
• Calibre
• Comic2lrf
  

Internet tools:

• Firefox with Sun Java 6 JRE plugin for comfort
  
• Chrome for stability
  
• FileZilla for FTP
• Transmission for Bittorent
• DC++
• Skype
• Seamonkey for HTML editing
  

Viewing /editing media:

• Ubuntu Movie Player
• Mplayer & Mencoder
• SoundConverter with MP3 plugin
• Ubuntu Sound Recorder
  

Burning DVDs, CDs:

• K3B
  

System configurations:

• Terminal
• Gedit
• Nautilus Scripts
  

File manipulations:

• Nautilus
  
• MuCommander
• RSync

Tablet tools:

• Xournal
• Cellwriter
• OnBoard