My last thread was jacked and really doesn't have the answers I was looking for, but I mostly blame that on a type I made, so this time I'll try to get it right. Which packages would be installed by default by your ideal distro? Here's my list: gcc Java Python SDL, SDL_image/mixer/net clanlib allegro aalib(woot) mesa pygame gVim Emacs(yes I use both :O) IDLE Eclipse Anjuta The GIMP ImageMagick Blender Wings3D Audacity Firefox gftp mplayer gaim xchat xmms Which ones would yours have?

OpenAL, libxml2, X/KDE, Skype, GDB, DDD, valgrind, Dia, Open Office, Wine

Gnome 2.8
Firefox 1.0
Python 2.4
Pygame
wxPython
Boa Constructor
Gaim
Xchat
Rhythmbox
Synaptic
nmap(fe)
The Gimp
Evolution
OpenOffice
Emacs (normal, not X)
prc-tools (palm)

optional:
Bzflag
FrozenBubble
Freeciv

ahh much better :D
Keep them coming

Oh, I forgot Midnight Commander

Is apt-get/cache cheating?

Slackware plus
commoncpp http://www.gnu.org/software/commoncpp/ (gnu library for sockets/threads/couple other things)
Firefox
Thunderbird
Ethereal

and thats about it, seeing as all 4 of the extras aren't hard to get/install, I'm good. I would probably compile SDL and such libraries seperatly any how, as their can be some options I want that wouldn't be on by default, and most of the Comercial games I play use thier own copy(s) of them any how.

No one else has any more to add to this?

Seems I forgot gtk+ and FLTK, whoops :p

Whatever Slackware 10.1 has. I'm quite a fan of the Slackware distro. Hell, I've even got 3D acceleration to work (very well, I might add) with the new ATi drivers. [smile]