Eine gute Debian Paketliste (für einen kompletten install per debootstrap):

base-files exim4-base desktop-base linux-sound-base doc-base apt-show-versions apt-zip aptitude \
alien sysklogd openssh-server openssh-client ssl-cert nano binutils-multiarch hdparm debootstrap dhcp-client \
g++ g77 sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts prosper build-essential autoconf mono mono-devel lintian \
stl-manual strace xtrace valgrind patchutils cmake fftw3-dev firebird2-dev \
vim-gtk xemacs21 kdevelop gnuplot gnuplot-x11 subversion subversion-tools cvs git xml-core \
xorg x-dev xorg-dev kde kde-i18n-de msttcorefonts \
apache2.2-common php-pear php4 php5 php4-mysql php4-mcrypt php5-mcrypt php4-gd php5-gd mysql-server-5.0 \
squirrelmail pidgin gaim-otr firefox icedove icedove-locale-de icedove-typeaheadfind iceweasel \
mozilla-acroread acroread-plugins \
texlive texlive-lang-german texlive-latex-extra texlive-math-extra texlive-bibtex-extra texlive-font-utils \
texlive-fonts-extra \
amule-common amule-utils-gui samba gsambad wireshark aircrack-ng airsnort swscanner nmapfe \
wpasupplicant tcpdump whois ntp ntpdate telnet pppoe ncftp xinetd \
openoffice.org openoffice.org-help-en-us openoffice.org-hyphenation-de \
openoffice.org-thesaurus-de openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-us xwine wine wine-utils \
vlc xmms xine gxine xine-ui mplayer mencoder amarok realplayer \
k3b xcdroast cdrecord dvdrip ffmpeg transcode w32codecs \
avidemux mpeg3-utils reiserfsprogs squashfs-tools cramfsprogs ntfsprogs udftools e2undel mdadm autofs \
nfs-common mcrypt ms-sys gpm beep fakeroot flashplugin-nonfree screen vnc4server \
autobook cedega console-common console-data console-tools cpufrequtils firebird2-classic-server \
gftp-gtk grub gqcam motion gqview less lame-extras kdiff3 kismet manpages mesa-common-dev ndiswrapper-common \
gphoto2 nrg2iso ntfsdoc module-assistant gnu-standards gnuchess rar unrar rdesktop xmms-kde \
iptables john hibernate html2ps initng qt3-dev-tools qt4-dev-tools recover rman rsync tofrodos \
testdisk memtest86 lvm2 mozilla-plugin-vlc phpmyadmin k3b-i18n gparted parted docbook dselect dvdbackup \
fglrx-control git-core hddtemp libtool lm-sensors xboard \
qt3-designer cups-pdf dcmtk fluid gcc-4.0-locales ksensors libdc1394-dev \
libdcmtk1-dev libcrypto++-dev libdvdcss2 libgtk2.0-dev libimlib2 libncurses5-dev libraw1394-dev \
libvtk5-dev qiv xvnc4viewer xcursor-themes ncurses-hexedit libgtk-perl fftw3-dev p4fftwgel-dev \
k7fftwgel-dev libssl-dev fping libdc1394-13-dev libglut3-dev libcurl3-dev libtiff4-dev \
libnetpbm10-dev xosview pptp-linux doxygen doxygen-gui graphviz bchunk cuetools smb4k \
cdebootstrap gsl-bin libgsl0-dev audacity

upstart gnome gnome-bin

Module die ich öfters verwende:

module-assistant prepare
module-assistant update 
module-assistant auto-install 

fglrx
spca5xx
squashfs
unionfs

truecrypt: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/506