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<title>Replace cheese with the new gnome snapshot</title>
<updated>2026-06-12T09:47:33+00:00</updated>
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<name>Ahmed Abdelhalim</name>
<email>pm@a14m.dev</email>
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<published>2026-06-12T09:47:33+00:00</published>
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<title>Replace vanilla gnome with ubuntu-gnome-desktop</title>
<updated>2026-02-05T13:54:51+00:00</updated>
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<name>Ahmed Abdelhalim</name>
<email>pm@a14m.dev</email>
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<published>2026-02-05T00:35:27+00:00</published>
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<title>Fix removing the packages the breaks ubuntu DNS</title>
<updated>2025-10-24T19:55:52+00:00</updated>
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<name>Ahmed Abdelhalim</name>
<email>pm@a14m.dev</email>
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<published>2025-10-22T21:19:11+00:00</published>
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This disables install_recommends and revert to using specific gnome
packages that are needed/necessary for functioning
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This disables install_recommends and revert to using specific gnome
packages that are needed/necessary for functioning
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<title>Fix installing gnome on debian</title>
<updated>2025-09-23T10:44:43+00:00</updated>
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<name>Ahmed Abdelhalim</name>
<email>pm@a14m.dev</email>
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<published>2025-09-23T10:44:43+00:00</published>
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<title>Update debian gnome packages for better experience</title>
<updated>2025-09-22T23:17:06+00:00</updated>
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<name>Ahmed Abdelhalim</name>
<email>pm@a14m.dev</email>
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<published>2025-09-22T23:17:06+00:00</published>
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<title>Fix gnome role idempotency test</title>
<updated>2025-09-22T23:08:17+00:00</updated>
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<name>Ahmed Abdelhalim</name>
<email>pm@a14m.dev</email>
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<published>2025-09-22T20:51:02+00:00</published>
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Gnome installs avahi-daemon, and keeps reinstalling it

Remove the ubuntu specific tasks and install the packages with
recommendations (as we are removing the avahi-daemon afterwords to make
the network manager stable and idempotent)
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Gnome installs avahi-daemon, and keeps reinstalling it

Remove the ubuntu specific tasks and install the packages with
recommendations (as we are removing the avahi-daemon afterwords to make
the network manager stable and idempotent)
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<title>Refactor gnome not to pull unnecessary deps (like avahi)</title>
<updated>2025-09-22T08:35:32+00:00</updated>
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<name>Ahmed Abdelhalim</name>
<email>pm@a14m.dev</email>
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<published>2025-09-22T08:35:32+00:00</published>
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The recommended debian/ubuntu install of gnome pulls avahi-daemon and
that could potentially conflicts with NetworkManager.

Therefore resorting to more restrictive approach for installing gnome
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The recommended debian/ubuntu install of gnome pulls avahi-daemon and
that could potentially conflicts with NetworkManager.

Therefore resorting to more restrictive approach for installing gnome
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<title>Fix gnome on archlinux installing packages without administrator acc</title>
<updated>2025-09-21T21:37:36+00:00</updated>
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<name>Ahmed Abdelhalim</name>
<email>pm@a14m.dev</email>
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<published>2025-09-21T21:37:36+00:00</published>
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The gnome on archlinux was lacking polkit and it's configuration and was
failing to install any application from the gnome store
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The gnome on archlinux was lacking polkit and it's configuration and was
failing to install any application from the gnome store
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<title>Fix installing gnome on debian and arch</title>
<updated>2025-09-21T20:55:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ahmed Abdelhalim</name>
<email>pm@a14m.dev</email>
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<published>2025-09-21T20:55:57+00:00</published>
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Instead of using ubuntu version which isn't great, I prefer using the
minimal gnome
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Instead of using ubuntu version which isn't great, I prefer using the
minimal gnome
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<title>Fix testing</title>
<updated>2025-09-20T23:04:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ahmed Abdelhalim</name>
<email>pm@a14m.dev</email>
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<published>2025-09-20T23:04:54+00:00</published>
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