In order (maybe). Some stuff are Arch specific.

# Base system stuff
- grub
- os-prober

# A decent shell and a way to talk to the world
- zsh
 - grml-zsh-config
- fish
- openssh
- sshfs

# Sanity
- sudo
- pacaur (AUR)
- mlocate
  remember to run updatedb after installing
- curl
- wget

# Base X
- xorg-server
- xorg-server-utils
- xorg-xinit
- xorg-xrandr

## Video drivers
- nvidia or whatever
- xf86-video-vesa
- mesa

# GUI
- awesome

## A decent font
- ttf-dejavu
- adobe-source-code-pro-fonts
  At least I really like it.

# Terminals
- urxvt
- roxterm
- tmux

# Sound
- alsa-utils
  God bless alsa.

# Programming usefulness
- emacs
  Or vim or whatever.
- git
- mercurial

# Browsers
- firefox
- google-chrome (on AUR)

# Media
- vlc
- mpd
- ncmpcpp

# Downloads and shit
- rtorrent
- rsync
- irssi