This is most of the software I install initially. Many of these require Non-Libre Repositories to be set up.

Music and Music Players

Of course, I want to be able to play mp3, ogg, and wma. Line 2 of the source below provides this support. I also want a good player. Right now, I like the Listen Project. I have liked exaile in the past. I install them along with banshee, which I am surveying, and audacious, which came from xmms and is the fastest start-up if you just want to play a file (and not, say, load it into the stupid library for eternity). I also remove rhythmbox because it is the least of all these.

sudo yum -y erase rhythmbox.*
sudo yum -y install gstreamer gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly lame lame-mp3x
sudo yum -y install exaile listen banshee audacious

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Movie and DVD Players

Once again, the default totem application is mediocre and I remove it. Line 2 provides the plugins so you can play encrypted dvds. Line 3 gives you my current movie players of choice, which include xine, VLC, and mplayer with the smplayer graphical frontend (execute smplayer to use it).

sudo yum -y erase totem.*
sudo yum -y install libdvdcss libdvdnav
sudo yum -y install xine xine-lib-extras-nonfree mplayer mplayer-gui mencoder smplayer vlc

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Other Programs I Recommend

pidgin

This is a great IM client. I recommend it.

sudo yum -y install pidgin

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Other Programs of Some Worth

Adobe Reader

The libre evince does a pretty good job, but it isn't perfect. You can install the proprietary adobe reader as well.

You can download Adobe Reader for Linux through http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/. If you have the Adobe Repository enabled, you can also donwload it directly :

sudo yum -y install AdobeReader_enu

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Software

Music and Music Players

Movie and DVD Players

Other Programs I Recommend

pidgin

Other Programs of Some Worth

Adobe Reader