This is a list of packages I prefer to have installed on every computer I can access.
vim (or ex-vi)
Perl
mutt
gnus OR trn
ssh OR Putty
tmux OR screen
weechat OR irssi
rsync
curl
wget
TeXlive
Firefox
git
unrar
rxvt-unicode
nmap
mtr
zsh
GNU make
bsdtar
htop
ltrace OR dtrace
strace OR ktrace OR dtrace
w3m OR lynx