Perhaps I can save you some time. And yes, you too can live the dream:

Distro:

• Ubuntu (standard client, desktop/laptop/netbook)
• Gentoo (development workstation)
• CentOS (server)
• OpenBSD (perimeter)
• KnoppMyth

Desktop:

• KDE4.3+
• Eclipse
• Firefox 3.5+
• OpenOffice
• JEdit

Graphics:

• Digikam
• Gimp
• Inkscape
• Dia
• R
• Scribus

Audio:

• Jack
• Ardour
• FreqTweak
• Jamin
• Rezound

Video:

• Mplayer
• ffmpeg
• VLC
• motion
• Avidemux
• transcode

Server:

• postfix (email MTA)
• netatalk (os x file sharing)
• samba
• openLDAP
• cyrusIMAP
• apcupsd
• openVPN