It's been a while now, and I've upgraded a few times since my last list entry. Now I'm on "Hardy Heron", that means a lot of the previous must haves are included, and I need to re-visit my must haves, for a complete Ubuntu OS.
List of Software that I have installed on top of the standard Desktop Ubuntu installation :
1. Kino, video editing. <- Still on top
2. Codecs for various music and video formats, they get installed when needed.
3. css2, for playing DVD's.
4. Pan, Newsreader.
5. Picasa from Google, Yes they made a linux one.
6. GParted, Gnome Partition editor, great for your external harddisks or USB sticks.
7. GLabels, great for name labels or cd covers..
8. abcde, the CD ripper, that generates the aac files correctly.
An this list will probably extend over time...