Favorite Software
Firefox is a definite favourite, one useful article is
Ten Extensions Enhance Firefox∞ and another is
My Favorite Firefox Extensions∞. There is a list of
Firefox 1.0-Compatible Extensions∞
Xfce∞ is a lightweight alternative to KDE for those on older machines,
debs for recent snapshots of the upcoming Xfce 4.2 release∞ are available.
IceWM∞ is a lightweight window manager for those on older machines or those who like faster machines. It is installed by default by Kanotix. The best of the Windows interface on which millions were spent in user testing.
Krusader∞ is a simple, easy, powerful, twin-panel file manager for kdelibs in the *nix world, similar to Total Commander. It provides all the file management features you could possibly want.