List of packages typically installed immediately upon a new Debian/Ubuntu install. Commented out stuff is currently not used by default but kept for reference.

nmap
vnstat
ntp
tcpdump
iperf
ipcalc
autossh
subversion-tools
imagemagick
xchat
#thunderbird
enigmail
gkrellm
vim-gnome
htop
gthumb
vlc
build-essential
bridge-utils
screen
wipe
dh-make-perl
cpuburn
gnupg-agent
dsh
#hamster-applet
mutt
digikam
#ufraw
#gimp-ufraw
lprof
sshfs
alien
libpano13-bin
git-core
gitk
libimage-exiftool-perl
tcptraceroute
ubuntu-vm-builder
#zsh
#ipython
traceroute
#siege
bonnie++
#sun-java6-plugin
#sun-java6-jre
wireshark
#ionice
iotop
inkscape
sysfsutils
#tor
#pidgin
#pidgin-data
#pidgin-encryption
#pidgin-facebookchat
#pidgin-libnotify
#pidgin-openpgp
openssh-server
openshot
vorbis-tools
rawstudio
#qcad
#debian#rsync
#debain#rdesktop
ethtool
hugin
dcraw
gimp-dcraw
w3m
python3
python3-yaml