Desktop setup automation

Ansible stuffs for setting up my desktop environment from fresh install

Currently based on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS

Install ansible

$ sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common git \
  && sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible \
  && sudo apt-get update \
  && sudo apt-get install -y ansible

Run the ansible playbook

The ansible-pull command uses the -U option, which expects a repository URL. We don't need to specify a filename for the playbook to run as ansible will automatically look for local.yml in the root of the repository.

$ sudo ansible-pull -U https://github.com/bearcodi/desktop.git \
  --extra-vars "{\"home\": \"$HOME\", \"uid\": \"$USER\", \"gid\": \"$USER\"}"

SECURITY The https version of the repository URL for security purposes makes the repository read-only by default

Standard packages

• gnome-tweaks
• git
• terminator
• htop
• httpie
• wget
• zsh with theme

Development environment

• Docker
• ctop
• Docker-Compose
• MySql Workbench
• Vim
• Atom

OS customisations

• Custom wallpaper
• Custom lockscreen
• Custom theme (Arc-Dark)
• Auto hide dock
• Position dock at bottom
• Workspaces span displays
• Top bar show date, seconds and week numbers in calendar