diff --git a/playbook.yml b/archlinux.yml
similarity index 94%
rename from playbook.yml
rename to archlinux.yml
index ae33898..8aefd7c 100644
--- a/playbook.yml
+++ b/archlinux.yml
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@
       include_tasks: 'tasks/python.yml'
       loop: '{{ python_versions }}'
   vars_files:
-    - 'vars.yml'
+    - 'vars/main.yml'
+    - 'vars/archlinux.yml'
diff --git a/debian.yml b/debian.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e86c7c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+- hosts: localhost
+  pre_tasks:
+    - name: install packages
+      become: true
+      package:
+        name: '{{ item }}'
+        state: present
+      loop: '{{ packages }}'
+    - name: add gitlab to known hosts
+      include_role:
+        name: common
+        tasks_from: 'known_hosts.yml'
+      vars:
+        user: '{{ ansible_user_id }}'
+        items:
+          - { domain: '{{ gitlab_domain }}', key: '{{ gitlab_host_key }}' }
+  roles:
+    - common
+  tasks:
+    - import_tasks: 'tasks/dotfiles.yml'
+    - import_tasks: 'tasks/neovim.yml'
+  vars_files:
+    - 'vars/main.yml'
+    - 'vars/debian.yml'
diff --git a/vars/archlinux.yml b/vars/archlinux.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dc1de8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/archlinux.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+ansible_connection: local
+ansible_python_interpreter: '/usr/bin/env python'
+
+packages:
+  - python
+  - git
+  - vim
+  - neovim
+  - wl-clipboard
+  - npm
+  - docker
+  - docker-compose
+  - fuse-overlayfs
+  - ttf-ibm-plex
+  - slirp4netns
+  - tree-sitter
+  - ripgrep
+
+aur_packages:
+  - {
+      url: 'https://aur.archlinux.org/rootlesskit.git',
+      name: 'rootlesskit',
+      package_name: 'rootlesskit',
+    }
+  - {
+      url: 'https://aur.archlinux.org/docker-rootless-extras-bin.git',
+      name: 'docker-rootless',
+      package_name: 'docker-rootless-extras-bin',
+    }
+
+aur_build_dir: '/usr/local/src'
+python_build_dir: '/usr/local/src'
+python_install_dir: '/opt'
+
+language_servers:
+  - ansible-language-server
+  - yaml-language-server
+  - typescript-language-server
+  - vscode-html-languageserver
+  - vscode-json-languageserver
+  - vscode-css-languageserver
+  - bash-language-server
+  - lua-language-server
+
+python_download_url: 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python'
+python_versions:
+  - { version: 3.11.9, path: 'python3.11', binary: 'python3.11' }
+  - { version: 3.10.0, path: 'python3.10', binary: 'python3.10' }
+  - { version: 3.9.14, path: 'python3.9', binary: 'python3.9' }
+  - { version: 3.8.14, path: 'python3.8', binary: 'python3.8' }
+  - { version: 3.7.14, path: 'python3.7', binary: 'python3.7' }
+  - { version: 3.6.15, path: 'python3.6', binary: 'python3.6' }
diff --git a/vars/debian.yml b/vars/debian.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64641e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/debian.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+ansible_connection: local
+ansible_python_interpreter: '/usr/bin/env python'
+
+packages:
+  - python3
+  - git
+  - vim
+  - neovim
+  - npm
+  - tree-sitter
+  - ripgrep
+
+# TODO: investigate available lsps
+language_servers:
+  - ansible-language-server
+  - yaml-language-server
+  - typescript-language-server
+  - vscode-html-languageserver
+  - vscode-json-languageserver
+  - vscode-css-languageserver
+  - bash-language-server
+  - lua-language-server
diff --git a/vars.yml b/vars/main.yml
similarity index 56%
rename from vars.yml
rename to vars/main.yml
index b163551..c3a3e95 100644
--- a/vars.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,37 +1,6 @@
 ansible_connection: local
 ansible_python_interpreter: '/usr/bin/env python'
 
-packages:
-  - python
-  - git
-  - vim
-  - neovim
-  - wl-clipboard
-  - npm
-  - docker
-  - docker-compose
-  - fuse-overlayfs
-  - ttf-ibm-plex
-  - slirp4netns
-  - tree-sitter
-  - ripgrep
-
-aur_packages:
-  - {
-      url: 'https://aur.archlinux.org/rootlesskit.git',
-      name: 'rootlesskit',
-      package_name: 'rootlesskit',
-    }
-  - {
-      url: 'https://aur.archlinux.org/docker-rootless-extras-bin.git',
-      name: 'docker-rootless',
-      package_name: 'docker-rootless-extras-bin',
-    }
-
-aur_build_dir: '/usr/local/src'
-python_build_dir: '/usr/local/src'
-python_install_dir: '/opt'
-
 xdg_config_dir: '{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.config'
 xdg_data_dir: '{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.local/share'
 
@@ -68,24 +37,5 @@ neovim_plugins:
       version: '045e3499d9ec8d84635fb08877ae44fd33f6a38d',
     }
 
-language_servers:
-  - ansible-language-server
-  - yaml-language-server
-  - typescript-language-server
-  - vscode-html-languageserver
-  - vscode-json-languageserver
-  - vscode-css-languageserver
-  - bash-language-server
-  - lua-language-server
-
-python_download_url: 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python'
-python_versions:
-  - { version: 3.11.9, path: 'python3.11', binary: 'python3.11' }
-  - { version: 3.10.0, path: 'python3.10', binary: 'python3.10' }
-  - { version: 3.9.14, path: 'python3.9', binary: 'python3.9' }
-  - { version: 3.8.14, path: 'python3.8', binary: 'python3.8' }
-  - { version: 3.7.14, path: 'python3.7', binary: 'python3.7' }
-  - { version: 3.6.15, path: 'python3.6', binary: 'python3.6' }
-
 gitlab_domain: 'git.fudiggity.nl'
 gitlab_host_key: 'git.fudiggity.nl ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAINh/SlWqWmH2FG+duiJkkSpq0Fm+wUAmc//4/CbzbX5+'