List of programmes I re-install after a linux OS new install

Mercurial - repositories (install through Synaptic)
glc - see this post
vlc - repositories
Audacity - repositories
Gnome do - repositories
pyRenamer - repositories
Unison - repositories BUT make sure you install the same version on both computers you’re syncing (had to install an older version on desktop because latest version not available for the laptop OS
Gimp - repositories (don’t know why this dropped out of the default install
pd-extended - get it here
gFTP - repositories
Quanta Plus - repositories (puts a lot of extra stuff on your machine but don’t worry about it
Jack Control (QjackCtl) - repositories
Viking - repositories
Mencoder - repositories
Cinelerra - here actually, I’m waiting for someone to make a maverick package so I haven’t re-installed this yet