Vim, tmux, tilda (can't live without) and zsh. Then I'll change the profile and startup files so vim is the default for all editing. Then qemu as I run a few virtualized environments too.

Chromium, Filezilla, Dropbox

Skype is supported, however the older version is no longer supported. You may need to download the latest version of Skype for Linux and try again.

I install mostly devuan systems nowadays, but I've still got some Fedora around.

Graphical applications:
Xfce or fluxbox, wine, irfanview, wicd-gtk, palemoon, veracrypt, freefilesync, spice-guest-tools (or equivalent for the hypervisor), copyq, scite, vlc, teamviewer
Other:
vim-enhanced, freeipa-client, wget, git

iceWM and roxterm.

I love Sublime. *GENERALLY* I try to avoid the entire mess by simply "rolling over" the machine to the next point release. I remember the old days that with every point release you *HAD* to do an entire re-install -- Giant PITA. *Most* of the time it works well, but.... there can be hiccups along the way. A word to the WISE: Back up your entire drive before you roll over your machine, if something goes WRONG you can always drop back and punt back to your previous version. The last two versions of CentOS 7 (7.5 and 7.6) have been nightmares when I rolled over the machine. Each time my Backups saved my bacon. Then it was a matter of doing a lot of hacking to solve the problem. BACKUP YOUR DRIVE!!! You'll be glad you did!!

I am currently running CentOS 7.6 I have rkhunter installed, but I run maldetect that has ClamAV incorporated in it. I love rkhunter but it has not been updated in Donkey Ages, Maldetect remains current. I usually run rkhunter first and then maldet second, after first updating ClamAV.

1 Japanese IBUS-Anthy to enable Japanese writing
2 VirtualBox to run a few Windows only applications
If these two crucial for me applications run fine:
LibO newest version parallel the default version
Thunderbird to copy my emails over (only during the current new installation)
Kontact to get all emails etc into Kontact.
Thereafter I have no special order but have a list I created whenever I do an installation. I simply work down this list.
Examples:
Shutter
XKeepas
Freemind
pdf-shuffler
xsane
Kdenlife
xnView
etc.

Software load order
 

I use Ubuntu.
first get rid of the software I do not want:
Thunderbird
Amazon

Then load:
1. Evolution
2. Wire
3. GIMP
4. Inkscape
5. Bluefish
6. Converseen
7. Filezilla
8. Focuswriter
9. GParted
10. LibreCAD
11. LibreOffice Base
12. Kdenlive
13. Simple Screen Recorder
14. Sound Recorder
15. Sweethome3D
16. VLC
17. X-Sane

And now you know everything about me.

Which software do you install immediately after setting up a new Linux desktop system?
 

mc
nano
Krusader and/or Dolphin
Geany
CodeBlocks
Okular
GIMP

It's usually a *buntu derivative, so:

engage firewall
ubuntu-restricted-extras
Firefox
Chrome
Opera
LibreOffice via ppa
OnlyOffice desktop editors via snapd
vlc via snapd
digiKam
clementine
rhythmbox
abiword
gnumeric
kate
eboard/expect/sox
calibre
oracle java/jedit

If it's Fedora, then RPMFusion goes in early; and then Chrome requires liberation-fonts and lsb.

I am currently running CentOS 7.6 I have rkhunter installed, but I run maldetect that has ClamAV incorporated in it. I love rkhunter but it has not been updated in Donkey Ages, Maldetect remains current. I usually run rkhunter first and then maldet second, after first updating ClamAV.

Mint

chkrootkit,
rkhunter,
clamtk
clamav
spamassassin
Sophos Antivirus
gpg
bluez
bluez-tools
blueman
keepass2
insync
Dropbox
evolution
Google Chrome
Google Chrome
Libreoffice
GnuCash
java
gcc
autotools
Cmake
ninja-build
openjdk-8 & 11 jre
mysql
XSane
insync
Dropbox

This is the list I've built up over time...
 

...gparted
nfs-kernel-server
openssh-server
rkhunter
sendmail
byobu
iotop
cnee
k3b
mailutils
Chrome browser
TeamViewer
calibre
ripit
xfburn
xournal
xsane
asunder
lame
flac
wavpack
pulseaudio-esound-compat
pdfshuffler
Plex
Moneydance
Insync
CrashPlan


Terry