# Roles for installing Linux desktops?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-for-installing-linux-desktops/19534>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** galaxy-ng\
**Created:** [October 17, 2015, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-for-installing-linux-desktops/19534 "2015-10-17T12:23:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Sowatskey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4da419/32.png) [@Nathan\_Sowatskey](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nathan_Sowatskey)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-for-installing-linux-desktops/19534/1 "2015-10-17T12:23:02Z")

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Hi

I would like to use a role that installs Linux desktops, with a variable that defines which desktop to install.

The idea is inspired by this article:

[http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/181503/how-to-install-desktop-environments-on-centos-7](http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/181503/how-to-install-desktop-environments-on-centos-7)

I can create that myself, but it seems like something that others would have wanted already, so I want to check that such a role has not already been created.

I have checked in the Galaxy, and Google’d, but nothing looking like what I need has appeared.

Any input gratefully received.

Many thanks

Nathan

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**Author:** ![Dan\_Lang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3e96dc/32.png) [@Dan\_Lang](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dan_Lang)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-for-installing-linux-desktops/19534/2 "2015-10-18T14:17:34Z")

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Checkout battleschool. I think it’s written for OS X, but it could be an example to build what you have in mind.

[https://github.com/spencergibb/battleschool](https://github.com/spencergibb/battleschool)

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Sowatskey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4da419/32.png) [@Nathan\_Sowatskey](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nathan_Sowatskey)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-for-installing-linux-desktops/19534/3 "2015-10-19T06:38:07Z")

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[https://github.com/spencergibb/battleschool](https://github.com/spencergibb/battleschool)

Thanks Dan 🙂