diff --git a/.puppet/console.pp b/.puppet/console.pp
index 67faf27..9a309e9 100644
--- a/.puppet/console.pp
+++ b/.puppet/console.pp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$enhancers = [ "tmux", "strace", "sudo" ]
+$enhancers = [ "tmux", "zsh", "strace", "sudo" ]
 
 package { 
   $enhancers: 
diff --git a/.puppet/cpp.pp b/.puppet/cpp.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e99f01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.puppet/cpp.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+case $operatingsystem {
+  centos, redhat: {$build_essential = ["make", "automake", "gcc", "gcc-c++", "kernel-devel"]}
+  debian, ubuntu: {$build_essential = ["build-essential"]}
+  default: {fail("Don't know how to make build-essential for $operatingsystem")}
+}
+
+package { 
+  $build_essential: 
+    ensure => "installed" 
+}
diff --git a/.puppet/x11.pp b/.puppet/x11.pp
index 6d9d23e..892af6c 100644
--- a/.puppet/x11.pp
+++ b/.puppet/x11.pp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$packages = [ "awesome", "awesome-extra", "feh"]
+$packages = [ "awesome", "awesome-extra", "feh", "synapse"]
 
 package { 
   $packages: