diff --git a/tasks/locales.yml b/tasks/locales.yml
index 21d8abb..9174a08 100644
--- a/tasks/locales.yml
+++ b/tasks/locales.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 - name: set locales
   locale_gen: name="{{ item.name }}" state="{{ item.state | default('present') }}"
   with_items: "{{ common_locales }}"
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'Debian' or ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu'
 
 - name: set default locale
   lineinfile: dest="/etc/default/locale" regexp="LANG=" line="LANG={{ common_locales_default }}"
-  when: common_locales_default
+  when: common_locales_default and (ansible_distribution == 'Debian' or ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu')
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 36ce58c..e632ef3 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -44,3 +44,7 @@
 - include_tasks: rcfiles.yml
   when: common_rcfiles
   tags: ['common', 'rcfiles']
+
+- include_tasks: tty.yml
+  when: common_tty
+  tags: ['common', 'tty']
diff --git a/tasks/openssh.yml b/tasks/openssh.yml
index 5f0f143..bc68e7c 100644
--- a/tasks/openssh.yml
+++ b/tasks/openssh.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 ---
 - name: openssh - install
   package: name=openssh-server
+  when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
+
+- name: openssh - install
+  package: name=openssh
+  when: ansible_os_family != "Debian"
 
 - name: openssh - start and enable
   service: name=ssh state=started enabled=yes
+  when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
+
+- name: openssh - start and enable
+  service: name=sshd state=started enabled=yes
+  when: ansible_os_family != "Debian"
 
 - name: openssh - config
   template:
diff --git a/tasks/rsyslog.yml b/tasks/rsyslog.yml
index 2e03b65..34450b5 100644
--- a/tasks/rsyslog.yml
+++ b/tasks/rsyslog.yml
@@ -17,3 +17,8 @@
 
 - name: rsyslog - start and enable
   service: name=rsyslog state=started enabled=yes
+  when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
+
+- name: rsyslog - start and enable
+  service: name=rsyslogd state=started enabled=yes
+  when: ansible_os_family != "Debian"
diff --git a/tasks/tty.yml b/tasks/tty.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d913c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/tty.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+- name: tty - disable all but one
+  service: name="{{ item }}" enabled=no
+  when: ansible_os_family != "Debian"
+  with_items:
+    - agetty-tty2
+    - agetty-tty3
+    - agetty-tty4
+    - agetty-tty5
+    - agetty-tty6