Recommended Software

So I've installed Arch. Things are a little different than what I'm used to. Searched around the forums a little and havn't really found any threads about recommended software. So lets start a list. So what are some recommended Text Editor, Terminal, IDE, Media Player, Archive Managers, Rippers, Converters, Video editor, Recording software, Games, Image Viewer, Image Editor, Video Capture, Desktop Search Engine, ect ect.

What are you used to?
If you are used to something like Ubuntu, you could always just install those same applications. (start by installing the entire GNOME collection)
If you are used to Windows or Mac OS, how did you find software for those? If you would go to a website that allowed you to search a collection of Windows or Mac OS software, you can pretty much do the same thing with the pacman package manager.
You can find all of the Arch packages online here: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/ Pacman (and that website) can show you a link to the home page of any software project, where you can get more information about it. It's super quick to install anything with pacman, find out you don't like it, and then uninstall it. Repeat until you find something that suites you.
If you are used to BeOS, Syllable, or MenuetOS, I'm sorry, I don't know how to help you, but you rock!
If you are coming from MSDOS, then I'm sorry, I still can't help you. And you don't rock.

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For the benefit of others who may read this thread:
Obviously the foregoing only applies to DVDs you have made yourself, or other home-made DVDs that have been given to you. It will NOT work on copy-protected commercial DVDs, which in any case would be illegal.
And from the TOU of these forums:
Keep within the Law
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From the MPEG Streamclip homepage
The installer of the MPEG-2 Playback Component may refuse to install the component in Lion. Apple states the component is unnecessary in Lion onwards, however MPEG Streamclip still needs it. See this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3381
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