March 21st, 2023

What's Changed

• Use Ansible Galaxy iancleary.docker Role, Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS by @iancleary in #263
• Add iancleary.tailscale role to terminal installation by @iancleary in #264
• Flatpak plugin support for Gnome Software by @iancleary in #266
• Add task for Nextcloud Client AppImage by @iancleary in #267
• Update playbook to skip a few desktop ci roles by @iancleary in #276
• #277: Add pipx packages by @iancleary in #278
• Add podman (apt), podman-compose (pipx), and podman-desktop (flatpak) by @iancleary in #279
• Add just command runner and sd cargo tool found in that repo by @iancleary in #282
• Add act to ~/.local/bin/act by @iancleary in #283
• Bump node from 14.x to 18.x - Latest LTS by @iancleary in #284
• Remove massaged_ansible_distribution_release by @iancleary in #285
• Swap out roles/nodejs for geerlingguy.nodejs by @iancleary in #287

Full Changelog: v2022.9.25...v2023.3.21

Last Release for Ubuntu 20.04

The format is based on Keep a Changelog,
and this project adheres to Calendar Versioning.

LTS Support Change Upcoming

Releases after this will not be checked against Ubuntu 20.04 and prior!

2022.9.25

Added

• colorls gem per #246
• Python script to auto-generate Makefile targets from playbook.yml
• Configure variables to enable/disable roles/tasks per #254
• Airpods Pro bluetooth controller fixes per #252
• Wifi Powersave Configuration per #242
• VS Code extensions for HTML per #239 and #253

Changed

• Renamed zsh_fonts role to fonts, as its used by zsh's powerlevel10k and colorls
• Reorganized roles, tasks, default.config.yml per #255
• changed username back from icancclearynow to iancleary 😅

2021.9.8

Added

• Yadm dotfiles repo and branch vars, per #215
• MesloLGS NF Font Installation, per #219
• Bumped docker-compose to 1.29.2
• Added Flatpak role back
• elementary OS 6 support

Changed

• docker and zsh roles are now included via git submodules, per #217
• renamed repo from ansible-desktop to linux-dev-playbook
• renamed repo from linux-dev-desktop to ubuntu-dev-playbook
• Fixed git submodule workflow, per #221
• Moved standard-notes to its own role, per #224
• Reorganized playbook, makefile, and CI around #232
• yarn role renamed to nodejs
• yarn installation changed to npm global package, as recommended
• changed username from iancleary to icancclearynow
• pulled submodules in local to repo, while ansible/galaxy#2776 is open
• Changed to CalVer Version Scheme YYYY.0M.0D, per #250

Removed

• hey-mail snap per #222
• setup_inventory_and_group_vars script and .inventory in favor of all hosts and single default.config.yml file.
• library/json_mod ansible module, which was only used in the deprecated ticktick nativefier app #235
• GNOME Desktop customization
• Merged snapd roles: chat-clients, development-tools, common snaps into snapd

21.04 Spring Release

21.04.1

Added

• Terraform
• Linode CLI (pip3)
• Install latest release of ulauncher
• profile-sync-daemon via https://linuxunplugged.com/379
• GNOME Sushi
• Hyper-V resolution fix, per #212

Changed

• github-cli role now defaults to latest github release using community.general.github_release
• refactored playbook to use tagged plays (need to refactor Makefile or use bash script)
• Bumped docker-compose to 1.29.0
• Added dedicated authy role for beta snap (part of make init on every machine)
• Allow github actions to not prompt for password when username or hostname matches runner
• Changed to MIT License

Removed

• Unused Makefile Code (TravisCI, ProtonMail Bridge, TickTick)
• LibreOffice and Evolution Flatpak installations
• Removed Jetbrains mono (I switched to powerlevel10k's recommended fonts)
• Removed Steam

21.04 Pre-Spring Cleaning Release

21.04.0

Added

• AppImageLauncher, see the Integrate any AppImage into the Ubuntu Desktop article. (#176)
• ULauncher (#179)
• Caffeine (#178)
• PDFSlicer (#182)

Changed

• Fixed regression on timeshift package name
• Flameshot moved from deb to snap, per (#183)
• Bumped node version to latest lts, 14.x
• Bumped gh CLI to version 1.4.0
• Separated Test and Lint GitHub Actions workflows
• USER_STRING in Makefile to include ansible_user for docker role
• Updated documentation domain name
• moved to iancleary.docker ansible role
• changed to YY.0M.MICRO calendar versioning

Removed

• Ubuntu 18.04 testing
• Python 3.6 & 3.7 installation
• Jetbrains mono installation

CalVer Versioning Scheme & Deprecation of Ubuntu 18.04

Added

• hey-email snap for https://hey.com/
• pavucontrol GUI for pulseaudio (control and stability of headphones for audio/video conferencing)
• yadm dotfile manager
• pylance VSCode Extension
• Okular KDE Document Viewer
• Hyper Terminal, with "pane:splitHorizontal": "ctrl+shift+f", // changed from "ctrl+shift+e" because vercel/hyper#3660

Changed

• updated Makefile to have persistent PATH to resolve #164, thanks for the help ieguiguren.
• Dropped zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions plugin from iancleary/ansible-role-zsh_antibody role
• Reorganized software documentation section into alphabetical categories
• Bumped gh to v0.11.0
• Fixed bug where gsetting custom entries list didn't contain hyper and flameshot
• Changed to CalVer Version Scheme YYYY.MINOR.MICRO
• Deprecating Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Removed

• kite autocompletion
• .vscode folder (spellcheck is in dotfiles not repo)
• Evolution and Protonmail-Bridge flatpaks

♻ Ubuntu 20.04 Test Coverage and Ansible Galaxy Roles

Added

• Imported iancleary.jetbrains_mono ansible role
• Imported iancleary.zsh_antibody ansible role
• zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions plugin
• zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting plugin
• LinSSID wifi-analyzer, attribution: Linux Unplugged #355
• Code Extensions: hediet.vscode-drawio, mhutchie.git-graph, and sdras.vue-vscode-snippets
• Code Theme: sdras.night-owl
• GitHub Actions CI for ubuntu18.04 and ubuntu20.04 coverage

Changed

• Terminal key to just single value 't'
• Upgrade gh version to 0.10.0
• Default firefox to deb until GNOME extensions can be installed using firefox snap
• Switched Cherrytree from Snap to Flatpak

Removed

• Buggy starting of flameshot in run.sh
• Local zsh role
• .travis.yml file

Antibody shell manage, GNOME group_vars improvements, Python-Poetry

Added

• zsh_default_shell_command and zsh_custom_default_shell_command per #134
• python-is-python3 apt package for Python-poetry on Ubuntu 20.04 per #135
• dconf variables and loops per #131
• antibody shell plugin manager per #132

Changed

• zsh_plugins to drop ansible and aws; add yarn
• Snap variables to include channel, classic, and name dictionary items per #137
• Moved group_vars from group_vars/all.yml to group_vars/all/*.yml per #139

Removed

• GNOME Themes target (happy with 20.04 yaru theme 😍)

Group_vars: Source Controlled and Private

Added

• JetBrains Mono Font via Download JetBrainMono-1.0.3.zip
• group_vars folder
• library/json_mod module, from bradymholt/json_mod
• Kite AI Autocompletion and Docs for Python, via kite.com
• Flameshot detection on installed package version
• Docker support for Ubuntu 20.04
• Code Extensions variables per #83
• Snaps variables
• Added pre-commit python package per #116
• Ansible VS Code Extension
• Nautilus Mounts, Scripts to convert mounted paths to UNC paths
• group_vars/*/* to .gitignore to allow any host to use a sub-folder privately
• Python-Poetry to the python3.8 supporting make target

Changed

• Moved role vars/ to defaults/ when group_vars make sense
• Changed gnome-extensions to have dock on bottom, and multi-monitor dock turned off
• inventory now uses the localhost and {hostname} groups.
• Removed unneeded apt_repository task for Docker on Ubuntu 20.04
• Bumped gh CLI version to 0.7.0
• Moved peek role after Flatpak to ensure dependencies are met
• GNOME Themes role on performed on Ubuntu 18.04 due to PPA availability at 20.04 launch
• Fixed repo name in README
• Moved flatpak application list to group_vars
• Updated evolution and libreoffice roles to remove apt packages
• Switched to Cherrytree as a snap
• Switched Protonmail Bridge from apt to Flatpak
• run.sh script to create private group_vars folder for any hostname

Removed

• Ticktick from make install as it fails during fresh install
• sudo reboot from end of run.sh
• Moved Poetry to archive
• Cherrytree role (apt installation)
• Removed Archive folder

New Machine Script and Various Improvements

Added

• Make non-ansible role for new machine script
• GNOME terminal: set theme-variant to 'dark' (fixed)
• GNOME Extensions: Set dock icon size to 24
• Chown and chmod $HOME/.local/bin
• Chown and chmod cloned repo in run.sh
• Source . /etc/profile in yarn role
• Start Flameshot automatically
• Upgrade system in run.sh, reboot when done
• Python 3.8 and flit
• Added ncspot snap

Changed

• CI: Moved flameshot test to GNOME job
  to test make flameshot-keybindings
• Moved Python3.6 and Python3.7 make targets to main Makefile
• sh linting in yarn.sh.j2 template
• Changed .travis.yml to use Makefile for lifecyle
• Upgraded github-cli version to 0.6.4
• Peek: switched from a deb to Flatpak
• Upgraded github-cli version to 0.6.3
• Upgraded protonmail-bridge to 1.2.6-1
• Changed pip3 to python3 -m pip for version compatibility

Removed

• Removed sudo from sudo bash in new machine script