Need to update the configrations in the playbooks to work more consistently with the ARM64/x86_64 decisions. would like to include additional configurations too.

With Fedora Linux 40, we now have KDE Plasma 6 and all the goodness that entails. Let's switch to that asap! 😉

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/dcv/latest/adminguide/doc-history-release-notes.html#dcv-2023-1-16388mar

The most recent version to include updates for the Linux client is DCV 2023.1-16388 from December 19, 2023, but there is no reason not to move to latest that I can identify.

Currently, we can run Plasma as a desktop nested in Weston running through WayPipe, but this has a few disadvantages:

• A wayland compositor needs to exist on both ends
• Both sides need to have waypipe
• Weston unfortunately locks it down to 640x480, which is too small

We should aim to get RDP and VNC remote desktop modes working (initially through Weston and later through KDE's native software once the portal stuff is worked out).

Here is an example of how I think we should create a structure in the"defaults" folder to define default cloud-specific variables:

cloud_defaults/
aws_vars.yml
gcp_vars.yml

Contents of aws_vars.yml

aws_region: "us-east-1"
aws_profile: "default"
ec2_key_name: "mykey"
vpc_id: "vpc-0343606c"
ami_id: "ami-0b6a306e"

Contents of gcp_vars.yml

gcp_project: "my-project-id"
gcp_credentials: "{{lookup('file', 'secrets/gcp_credentials.json')}}"
gcp_region: "us-east1"
gcp_zone: "us-east1-b"
gke_cluster: "mycluster"

Imports all cloud provider defaults
cloud_vars.yml:

name: Include AWS variables
include_vars: aws_vars.yml

name: Include GCP variables
include_vars: gcp_vars.yml

I think that this cleanly separates vars by provider and sets them up to be imported into playbooks/roles

Current Fedora version is 38. It needs to be updated.