In order (maybe). Some stuff are Arch specific.
- grub
- os-prober
- zsh
- grml-zsh-config
- fish
- fisher
- openssh
- sshfs
- sudo
- pacaur (AUR)
- mlocate
- remember to run updatedb after installing
- curl
- wget
- xorg-server
- xorg-server-utils
- xorg-xinit
- xorg-xrandr
- nvidia or whatever
- xf86-video-vesa
- mesa
- awesome
- pcmanfm
- ttf-dejavu
- adobe-source-code-pro-fonts
- urxvt
- roxterm
- sakura
- lilypad
- whatever, really, because you'll really be using...
- tmux
- alsa-utils
- emacs
- Or vim or whatever.
- git
- mercurial
- node + npm
- ipython
- firefox
- google-chrome (on AUR)
- vlc
- mpd
- ncmpcpp
- moc if you don't want to fuck around with configuring mpd
- feh
- rtorrent
- rsync
- irssi