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-# linux role
+# Ansible Role: Linux (package helper)
 
-This is an Ansible role that installs a baseline of useful packages for the Linux system administrator.
-
-It is intended to be composed along with other playbooks in the micro-stack pattern (as described by Kief Morris' Infrastructure as Code, 2nd edition).
-
-## requirements
-
-* role: bleetube-dotfiles
-
-## TODO
-
-* include difftastic
-* maybe include fzf, but not via apt because its an old version
-* selectively prevent updates (e.g. [postgresql](https://askubuntu.com/a/18656))
-* add a RedHat profile for Almalinux and Opensuse
-* configurable username
-* CI tests
+This is an Ansible role that installs a configurable set of useful packages for the Linux system administrator.
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