rsync+ssh: Still more reliable than other sync software or exotic filesystems. Inkscape: When you have to do graphics and diagrams for slides and posters, you

rsync+ssh: Still more reliable than other sync software or exotic filesystems. Inkscape: When you have to do graphics and diagrams for slides and posters, you don't have all that much choice on Linux, so I'm happy a quality vector graphics program exists. It might be a bit more cumbersome than commercial software dedicated to schemas and technical drawings, but at least you can rely on it to get the job done, with only your creativity as the limit. Cog/Cogx, XMMS and Winamp: I don't have Windows or Mac OSX, but I have good memories of using these simple (in a positive sense) music players on occasions I had to use those operating systems, and I still miss a basic player such as XMMS these days when everything looks like it's trying to out-iTune iTunes. Then there's mostly server-side software such as Nginx; Sqlite and Postgresql (and other database software); and typical mail server software like Postfix and Dovecot that I guess most people would agree to be vastly reliable, but that shouldn't be a surprise given the nature of server-side software.