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+Some user-facing applications that could run on rooter. See also [services]().
+
+Unless noted otherwise, these would be optional and not run by default.
+
+## Toolchains, Frameworks
+
+By default, ship with popular scripting language interpreters, package
+managers, and web frameworks?
+
+* Python: pip, flask
+* Node.js: npm, websockets stuff
+* Ruby: gems, rails, passenger, rack, ???
+* Lua
+
+Perl? PHP? Java?
+
+What about datastores (SQL, mongo, cdb)?
+
+## General Web Apps
+
+* Blog/tumble
+* Wiki
+* FAQ/Q&A
+
+## Frameworks
+
+By default, ship with 
+
+## Privacy 
+
+Proxy: reroute tracking cookies/urchins, block cleartext telnet, ftp, etc. Does
+[privoxy](http://www.privoxy.org/) do all this and more? 
+
+Tor: Easy to configure as throttled relay, bridge, and exit node. Also as a
+client, running as transparent gateway for all LAN traffic, or specific
+ethernet ports or wireless SSIDs. Should at least ship with Tor browser bundle,
+source code, relay list, and project's GPG public keys.
+
+## Security
+
+SSL Watchdog: observe SSL/TLS traffic and block when blacklist detected
+(revocation), or HTTP connection to HTTPS blacklist (or all?), or "bad" cert
+authorities *(perhaps by default)*
+
+## Data Sharing, Publishing
+
+[OpenPhoto](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jmathai/openphoto-a-photo-service-for-your-s3-or-dropbox-a?ref=category)
+
+[RetroShare](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroshare)
+
+Bittoreent tracker, client, seeding. Subscriptions, podcasts, free episodes,
+ISOs, archival media, public data backups.
+
+## Network Analysis Tools
+
+Wireshark
+
+HTTP application timing and analysis (for web developers; similar to chromium's
+HTTP timeline).
+
+# References
+
+* [Linode Library](http://library.linode.com/) for installation guides