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Bootloader
Grub legacy

Archive Managers
xarchiver

Backup Programs
rsync

Calculator
calc

CD burner
xfburn

CD ripper
grip

File Managers
Thunar

Fonts
-

Games
doomrl

HTML Editors
geany

Icon themes
-

Image Editors
ImageMagick (cli)

Image Editors (vector)
-

Image Utilities
-

Image Viewers
Mirage

Instant Messengers
Pidgin

IRC Clients
Pidgin

Mail Client
Thunderbird

Microblogging client
-

Music Editor
Audacity

Music Players
play (cli, based on cplay)

Music Tagger
Easytag

Network (FTP/SSH)
FileZilla
ssh/scp/sftp (cli) {This isn't really three distinct things, it's all ssh, with different roles}

Network (remote shares)
smbclient

Network Managers
Wicd

Notes
zim

Office Apps
LaTeX

Password Manager
-

PDF Reader
ePDFView

Podcast client
-

RSS reader
Thunderbird

Search Utility
find
{m|s}locate

System Information
lshw (cli)
inxi (cli)

System Monitors
htop (cli)

System Panels/Menus/Trays
[6] xfce4-panel

Terminal Emulators
Terminator

Text Editors
Geany
Vim (cli)

Torrent Clients
Deluge

Video Editor
Avidemux

Video Players
SMPlayer

Video Transcoder
ffmpeg (cli)

Web Browsers
Firefox {used Opera for years, then Chromium. I think they all suck)

Other
Gparted
Dropbox
Nitrogen
Truecrypt
ncdu
vlock
xlock
remmina
Gnome-Do
screen
tmux

WM: xfce4/openbox
Display/Login Managers: startx/slim
Archive Managers: xarchiver/7zip
File Managers: pcmanfm/mc
Image Viewers/editing: feh/imagemagick/gcolor2
Messenger: instantbird
Music Players: deadbeef
Video Players: mplayer
Network Managers: ceni
Office Apps: abiword/gnumeric
PDF Reader: evince/xournal
System Monitors: htop
System Panels/Menus/Trays: tint2
Terminal Emulators: sakura/xterm
Text Editors: nano/medit
Web Browsers: chromium/w3m
Games: -
Search tool: find :P
Extra: 'pimped' hosts file, 'pimped' aliases in bashrc, a bunch of additional sources in sources.list (commented), cb-welcome

File Managers
Thunar

Image Editors
GIMP

Instant Messengers
Pidgin

Mail Client
Claws mail

Music Players
decibel audio player

Network Managers
Network-Manager

Office Apps
Latex
Abiword
Gnumeric

PDF Reader
evince

System Monitors
Conky

System Panels/Menus/Trays
Tint2

Terminal Emulators
Terminator

Text Editors
vim
leafpad

Torrent Clients
rtorrent

Video Players
VLC

Web Browsers
Iceweasel

Music Tagger 
Ex Falso

Search utility
catfish

Other
calcurse
SpiderOak

Bootloader
Grub legacy

Archive Managers
File-Roller

Backup Programs
Grsync

Calculator
Speedcrunch

CD burner
xfburn

CD ripper
Sound Juicer

File Managers
Thunar

Fonts
Droid

HTML Editors
Kompozer

Icon themes
Faenza

Image Editors
GIMP

Image Editors (vector)
Inkscape

Image Utilities
agave

Image Viewers
Gthumb

Instant Messengers
Pidgin

IRC Clients
XChat

Mail Client
Thunderbird

Microblogging client
Pino

Music Editor
Audacity

Music Players
Exaile

Music Tagger
Easytag

Network (FTP/SSH)
FileZilla

Network (remote shares)
PyNeighborhood

Network Managers
Wicd

Notes
zim

Office Apps
Abiword
Gnumeric

Password Manager
LastPass addon for Firefox

PDF Reader
Evince

Podcast client
gpodder

RSS reader
Liferea

Search Utility
Catfish

System Monitors
Conky
xfce4-taskmanager

System Panels/Menus/Trays
Tint2
xfce4-panel

Terminal Emulators
Terminator

Text Editors
Gedit

Torrent Clients
Transmission

Video Editor
Avidemux

Video Players
VLC

Video Transcoder
Handbrake

Web Browsers
Firefox

For games:
sgt-puzzles

Tex editor (I don't use a word processor anymore. If someone sends me a .doc, I use googledocs, which is even compatible with Office 2007.)
TeXmaker
ViM with ViM-LaTeXsuite

Browser
chromium-browser
epiphany-browser

Online Social
skype
(I don't use any of the programs that come with the default install)

Statistics
R

Text editing
ViM
gedit

For anything else I use what's on the default install (Statler). I would like to emphasize my love for tint2, conky, dmenu and openbox.

Archive Managers
File-Roller

Calculator
Speedcrunch

CD burner
K3b

File Managers
Thunar

Image Editors
GIMP

Image Viewers
GPicView

Instant Messengers
Pidgin

IRC Clients
XChat

Mail Client
Thunderbird

Microblogging client
Pino

Music Players
Rythymbox

Network Managers
Wicd

Office Apps
OpenOffice.org

System Monitors
Conky

System Panels/Menus/Trays
Tint2

Terminal Emulators
Terminator

Text Editors
Gedit

Torrent Clients
Transmission

Video Players
VLC

Web Browsers
Firefox

Change Gedit for Scite - Scite has a whole load of features but remains lightweight : http://groups.google.com/group/scite-in … web/extras
Change Iceweasel for Google Chrome - Html5 instead of Adobe Flash (Although the new Firefox snaphots are incorporating Html5 soon)

I think that "locate" should be installed as a default cli app as most people use it along with find, grep, sed etc.

I also personally prefer Wicd over Network Manager and Nmapplet. Although so far NM is doing ok on my Alpha2 install.

To be honest, as perfect setups go, CB Sta OB Alpha2 is pretty darn close to perfection for me :)

Archive Managers
File-Roller

CD burner
xfburn

CD ripper
abcde

File Managers
Thunar

Fonts
FreeMono

Games
Simutrans
OpenTTD
BurgerSpace

Icon themes
ACYL

Image Editors
GIMP

Image Viewers
GPicView

Music Editor
Audacity

Music Players
moc

Music Tagger
Easytag

Network Managers
Network-Manager

Office Apps
OpenOffice.org

PDF Reader
Evince

System Monitors
Conky

System Panels/Menus/Trays
Tint2

Terminal Emulators
Tilda

Text Editors
Leafpad

Torrent Clients
Transmission

Video Editor
Avidemux

Video Players
VLC

Web Browsers
Midori

Other
Nitrogen
pysdm
volumeicon

Diplay/Login Managers
[29] startx/xinitrc
[23] SLiM
[16] GDM

Did you want to vote for nearly all the items in these categories? I ask because the title of the thread is "Vote for your preferred apps"

Diplay/Login Managers
[29] startx/xinitrc
[23] SLiM
[16] GDM

Bootloader
[18] Grub2
[1] GAG

Archive Managers
[45] File-Roller
[14] xarchiver

Backup Programs
[1] rsync

Calculator
[4] xcalc

CD burner
[7] K3b (I know that K3b is heavy and bloated with all the KDE stuff that comes with it, but I LOVE this particular software!!  :) )
[3] xfburn

CD ripper
[5] Sound Juicer
[2] RipperX

File Managers
[59] Thunar
[37] PCManFM

Fonts
[12] Droid
[6] Liberation
[1] Gentium
[1] Raleway
[1] Schoolboy text
[1] Terminus
[1] ttf-vlgothic

Games (doesn't really matter to me -- I don't really play games on the computer...)
[3] pychess

HTML Editors
[5] Kompozer
[1] Bluefish

Icon themes
[2] GNOME-Colors
[1] Humanity

Image Editors
[65] GIMP

Image Editors (vector)
[35] Inkscape

Image Utilities
[12] gcolor2
[11] agave
[4] Phatch

Image Viewers
[10] Gthumb
[3] GTKam

Instant Messengers
[14] Skype

IRC Clients (I don't know enough about them to vote intelligently)

Mail Client
[13] Claws mail

Microblogging client
[11] Pino

Music Editor
[23] Audacity

Music Players
[1] xfmedia

Music Tagger
[2] Ex Falso

Network (FTP/SSH)
[8] gftp
[1] FireFTP add-on for Firefox

Network (remote shares)
[2] xsmbrowser

Network Managers
[49] Network-Manager

Notes
[4] xpad
[1] Tomboy

Office Apps
[51] OpenOffice.org
[38] Abiword
[28] Gnumeric
[6] Scribus
[1] Xfce dictionary

Password Manager
[4] KeepassX

PDF Reader
[2] xpdf
[1] evince-lite

Podcast client
[4] bashpodder

RSS reader
[1] RSS plugin for Claws Mail
[1] Sage add-on for Firefox

Search Utility
[16] Catfish

System Information
[10] Hardinfo
[4] Sysinfo

System Monitors
[80] Conky

System Panels/Menus/Trays
[65] Tint2

Terminal Emulators
[64] Terminator

Text Editors
[44] Gedit
[27] Leafpad

Torrent Clients
[46] Transmission

Video Editor
[11] Avidemux

Video Players
[10] MPlayer

Video Transcoder (I don't know enough about them to vote intelligently)

Web Browsers
[55] Firefox
[13] Iceweasel
[8] Opera

Other
[36] Gparted
[19] Unetbootin
[15] Gdebi
[10] dmenu
[7] Nitrogen
[7] Truecrypt
[7] Xscreensaver
[5] baobab
[5] build-essential
[4] BleachBit
[3] Adblock Plus add-on for Firefox
[3] Wine
[2] Alarm-clock
[2] Boot Up Manager (BUM)
[1] Google Earth

Would like to add a vote (someone else already recommended it in this thread) to for this useful tool!