Add initial Ansible configuration and package management setup

- Create .gitignore to exclude .vscode directory
    - Add ansible.cfg for Ansible configuration
    - Define inventory for new machine
    - Create playbook.yml for orchestrating tasks
    - Set up common role with default variables, handlers, and tasks
    - Implement package management tasks for installing packages from various sources
    - Include appimage and flatpak package lists

ansible/roles/packages/tasks/main.yml

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+---
+- name: Ensure yay is installed
+  block:
+    - name: Check if yay is already installed
+      command: which yay
+      register: yay_check
+      ignore_errors: yes
+      tags: [ 'packages', 'yay' ]
+
+    - name: Install dependencies for building yay
+      pacman:
+        name:
+          - git
+          - base-devel
+        state: present
+      when: yay_check.rc != 0
+      tags: [ 'packages', 'yay' ]
+
+    - name: Clone yay repository
+      git:
+        repo: https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
+        dest: /tmp/yay
+        clone: yes
+        update: no
+      when: yay_check.rc != 0
+      tags: [ 'packages', 'yay' ]
+
+    - name: Build and install yay
+      command: makepkg -si --noconfirm
+      args:
+        chdir: /tmp/yay
+      when: yay_check.rc != 0
+      tags: [ 'packages', 'yay' ]
+
+    - name: Remove yay build directory
+      file:
+        path: /tmp/yay
+        state: absent
+      when: yay_check.rc != 0
+      tags: [ 'packages', 'yay' ]
+- name: Install packages from {{ packages_pkglist_file }}
+  community.general.pacman:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: present
+  with_lines:
+    - cat "{{ packages_pkglist_file }}"
+  tags: [ 'packages', 'pacman' ]
+- name: Install AUR packages from {{ packages_aur_pkglist_file }}
+  command: "yay -S --noconfirm {{ item }}"
+  with_lines:
+    - cat "{{ packages_aur_pkglist_file }}"
+  tags: [ 'packages', 'aur' ]
+- name: Install Flatpak packages from {{ packages_flatpak_pkglist_file }}
+  community.general.flatpak:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: present
+  with_lines:
+    - cat "{{ packages_flatpak_pkglist_file }}"
+  tags: [ 'packages', 'flatpak' ]
+- name: Ensure ~/Applications directory exists
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ lookup('env', 'HOME') }}/Applications"
+    state: directory
+    mode: "0755"
+  tags: [ 'packages', 'appimage' ]
+- name: Download AppImages from URLs in {{ packages_appimage_pkglist_file }} to ~/Applications
+  ansible.builtin.get_url:
+    url: "{{ item }}"
+    dest: "{{ lookup('env', 'HOME') }}/Applications/{{ item | basename }}"
+    mode: "0755"
+  with_lines:
+    - cat "{{ packages_appimage_pkglist_file }}"
+  when: item != ""
+  tags: [ 'packages', 'appimage' ]