########## base ################################################################
# webfetch
curl

# webclient
lynx

# bootloader
grub

# "Free" release (ie not PowerPack, Flash...)
free-kde-config
mandriva-release-Free
mandriva-theme-Free
mandriva-theme-Free-screensaver

# vim
vim-minimal

# always prefer perl-base over weird packages auto-providing same modules (perl-PathTools, perl-Tk, , perl-PDL...)
perl-base

# libGL.so.1 (also provided by proprietary drivers)
libmesagl1
lib64mesagl1

# prefer openssh-askpass over openssh-askpass-gnome (for keychain)
openssh-askpass

########## multimedia ##########################################################
# festival-voice
festvox-kallpc16k

# gnome-speech-driver
gnome-speech-driver-espeak

########## devel ###############################################################
# xemacs-extras provides ctags, prefer simple ctags
ctags

# uClibc-devel provides a few things similar to glibc-devel
glibc-devel

# prefer gcc over gcc3.3
# (gcc-cpp and gcc-c++ are no more needed, but keeping just in case)
gcc-cpp
gcc
gcc-c++
libstdc++-devel

########## servers #############################################################
# sendmail-command and mail-server
postfix

# apache
apache-mpm-prefork

# ftpserver
proftpd

# portmapper
portmap

# syslog-daemon
sysklogd

########## various #############################################################
# sane (also provided by saned)
sane-backends

# virtual-notification-daemon
notification-daemon

# sgml-tools
# (the other choice is linuxdoc-tools which requires docbook-utils anyway)
docbook-utils