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To use Alpine Linux as a desktop, a desktop environment needs to be installed. Among the Alpine Linux supported Desktop environments and Window managers, the following can be currently installed using setup-desktop script:

The Alpine Linux script for quickly setting up a desktop is:

# setup-desktop

On running the above command, you will be prompted to select a desktop environment.

Which desktop environment? ('gnome', 'plasma', 'xfce', 'mate', 'sway', 'lxqt' or 'none') [none]

Once you have chosen a desktop environment, this script installs the chosen desktop along with necessary packages, firefox browser and adds necessary services to run on startup. You can reboot when complete, and the system will boot into a graphical login screen with the chosen desktop environment. To view the packages installed by the script: $ cat /usr/sbin/setup-desktop

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-== Quickstart Installation ==
+To use Alpine Linux as a [[Daily driver guide|desktop]], a desktop environment needs to be installed. Among the Alpine Linux supported [[Desktop_environments_and_Window_managers|Desktop environments and Window managers]], the following can be currently installed using [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-desktop|setup-desktop]] script:
-The Alpine Linux utility for setting up any desktop quickly is <code>setup-desktop</code>. Most commonly used desktop environements can be quickly installed with this utility, which is part of the standard Alpine Linux installation package {{pkg|alpine-conf|repo=main}}.
+* [[KDE|Plasma]]
+* [[GNOME|Gnome]]
+* [[MATE]]
+* [[Xfce]]
+* [[LXQt]]
+* [[Sway]]
-{{Cmd|# setup-desktop}}
+{{:Include:Setup-desktop}}
-The above utility installs the chosen desktop environment with all the necessary dependencies and standard utilities and commonly used applications along with {{pkg|firefox|repo=main}} as browser.
+== See Also ==
+* [[Daily_driver_guide|Alpine Linux - Daily Driver Guide]]
+* [[Tutorials_and_Howtos#Desktop|Tutorials related to Desktop]]
+* [[Desktop environments and Window managers]]
+* [[Installation#Post-Installation|Post Installation]]
+* [[:Category:Display Managers]]
+* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Desktop_environment Desktop environment - Archwiki]
+* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Desktop_environment Desktop environment - Gentoo Wiki]
+[[Category:Desktop]]