Recommended packages for Ubuntu 10.10

Tier one

Adobe Reader (acroread)
Cheese (installation seems to help when using a webcam)
Chromium web browser
cups-pdf
Desktop webmail
Dropbox
gFTP
Gimp
Grsync
Hotot
Skype
Ubuntu Restricted Extras
VirtualBox OSE
VirtualBox OSE guest editions
Xsane

Tier two
gedit plugins
gedit r-plugin
Gimp data extras
gnome art
gnumeric
gparted
LibreOffice
Picasa
R
Vlc