From 8d7eb8e4b2d299816c2d4a6574df9ddba038197b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ahmed Abdelhalim <pm@a14m.dev>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 22:55:57 +0200
Subject: Fix installing gnome on debian and arch

Instead of using ubuntu version which isn't great, I prefer using the
minimal gnome
---
 roles/gnome/tasks/install-archlinux.yml | 12 ++++++++++++
 roles/gnome/tasks/install-debian.yml    | 12 ++++++++++++
 roles/gnome/tasks/main.yml              |  9 +++------
 roles/gnome/vars/archlinux.yml          |  1 +
 roles/gnome/vars/debian.yml             |  3 ++-
 roles/gnome/vars/ubuntu.yml             |  3 ---
 6 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 roles/gnome/tasks/install-archlinux.yml
 create mode 100644 roles/gnome/tasks/install-debian.yml
 delete mode 100644 roles/gnome/vars/ubuntu.yml

diff --git a/roles/gnome/tasks/install-archlinux.yml b/roles/gnome/tasks/install-archlinux.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b70c2540
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/gnome/tasks/install-archlinux.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+- name: "Install gnome packages"
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.package:
+    name: "{{ gnome_packages }}"
+    state: "present"
+
+- name: "Enable GDM display manager"
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    name: "gdm"
+    enabled: true
diff --git a/roles/gnome/tasks/install-debian.yml b/roles/gnome/tasks/install-debian.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35cb2006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/gnome/tasks/install-debian.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+- name: "Install gnome packages"
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.package:
+    name: "{{ gnome_packages }}"
+    state: "present"
+
+- name: "Enable GDM display manager"
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    name: "gdm3"
+    enabled: true
diff --git a/roles/gnome/tasks/main.yml b/roles/gnome/tasks/main.yml
index 1767c80c..61562fd4 100644
--- a/roles/gnome/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/gnome/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: "Include OS-specific variables"
-  ansible.builtin.include_vars: "{{ ansible_distribution | lower }}.yml"
+  ansible.builtin.include_vars: "{{ ansible_os_family | lower }}.yml"
 
-- name: "Install gnome packages"
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.package:
-    name: "{{ gnome_packages }}"
-    state: "present"
+- name: "Include OS-specific tasks"
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: "install-{{ ansible_os_family | lower }}.yml"
diff --git a/roles/gnome/vars/archlinux.yml b/roles/gnome/vars/archlinux.yml
index c2203444..d889d18a 100644
--- a/roles/gnome/vars/archlinux.yml
+++ b/roles/gnome/vars/archlinux.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
 gnome_packages:
   - "gnome"
+  - "gdm"
diff --git a/roles/gnome/vars/debian.yml b/roles/gnome/vars/debian.yml
index c2203444..58039e57 100644
--- a/roles/gnome/vars/debian.yml
+++ b/roles/gnome/vars/debian.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
 gnome_packages:
-  - "gnome"
+  - "gnome-core"
+  - "gdm3"
diff --git a/roles/gnome/vars/ubuntu.yml b/roles/gnome/vars/ubuntu.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a1f3a60d..00000000
--- a/roles/gnome/vars/ubuntu.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-gnome_packages:
-  - "ubuntu-gnome-desktop"
-- 
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