Applications I might need on any Gentoo installation.
gentoolkit Gentoo portage tools.
irssi Text IRC client.
screen Ability to detach from running processes.
bmon Test bandwidth monitor.
sudo Run commands as root.
samba Windows filesharing for *nix.
netkit-telnetd Telnet client.
Handy appplications for a (GNOME) desktop:
tango-icon-theme Tango icons.
jimmac-xcursors Nice set of cursors.
corefonts MS fonts commonly used on websites.
urw-fonts More fonts.
gnome-audio Gnome sound effects.
gnome-themes-extras Extra gnome themes.
gtk2-ssh-askpass ssh-add front-end that fits in better with Gnome.
nvidia-settings Configuration tool for the nvidia driver.
gnome-screensaver Screensaver for Gnome.
smeg Menu editor for Gnome (aka Alacarte, formerly known as SMEG).
unrar File-roller needs this to unpack rar archives.
par2cmdline PAR2 Utility.
gvim Vim for Gnome.
sshfs-fuse Mounting remote filesystems over ssh (remove fuse from
kernel first).
transmission Gtk bittorrent client.
gaim MSN/AIM/ICQ client.
xchat Gtk IRC client.
nicotine+ Soulseek client.
mplayer Multimedia player.
vlc Multimedia player.
pan Newsreader with decent support for binaries.
gimp Image manipulation application.
firefox Mozilla's standalone webbrowser.
mplayerplug-in Movie player plugin for Firefox (Gecko?) browser.
netscape-flash Macromedia Flash player.
thunderbird Mail and usenet client.
inkscape SVG image creator.
openoffice-bin Office package.
Entertainment:
celestia Space sim (not a game).