Well, here's exactly what I install on a fresh Ubuntu desktop machine (it's my script, copy/pasted). sudo apt-get install subversion git imagemagick oprofile s

Well, here's exactly what I install on a fresh Ubuntu desktop machine (it's my script, copy/pasted). sudo apt-get install subversion git imagemagick oprofile ssh manpages-dev g++ gcc libtool autoconf automake emacs vim compizconfig-settings-manager valgrind inkscape Might be something interesting in there for you with a little googling.