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+#   -------------------------------------------------------------
+#   Salt — Provision base software
+#   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+#   Project:        Nasqueron
+#   Created:        2016-04-09
+#   License:        Trivial work, not eligible to copyright
+#   -------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#   -------------------------------------------------------------
+#   Shells
+#   -------------------------------------------------------------
+
+shells:
+  pkg:
+    - installed
+    - pkgs:
+      - bash
+      - tcsh
+      - zsh
+
+#   -------------------------------------------------------------
+#   Editors
+#
+#   Disclaimer: We don't caution the views of Richard Stallman
+#   or the Church of Emacs positions.
+#   See http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/EMACS_virgins_joke
+#   -------------------------------------------------------------
+
+editors:
+  pkg:
+    - installed
+    - pkgs:
+      - vim
+      - nano
+      - joe
+      {% if grains['os'] == 'Debian' or grains['os'] == 'Ubuntu' %}
+      - emacs-nox
+      {% elif grains['os'] == 'FreeBSD' %}
+      - emacs-nox11
+      {% endif %}
+
+
+#   -------------------------------------------------------------
+#   General UNIX utilities
+#   -------------------------------------------------------------
+
+utilities:
+  pkg:
+    - installed
+    - pkgs:
+      - whois
+
+#   -------------------------------------------------------------
+#   Languages
+#   -------------------------------------------------------------
+
+languages:
+  pkg:
+    - installed
+    - pkgs:
+      - python3
+      {% if grains['os'] == 'Debian' or grains['os'] == 'Ubuntu' %}
+      - tcl8.6-dev
+      - php7.0
+      {% elif grains['os'] == 'FreeBSD' %}
+      - tcl86
+      - php70
+      {% endif %}