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Latest revision as of 04:42, 28 August 2023

This material is work-in-progress ...

Should this instead be a section in "Tutorials and Howtos"?
(Last edited by Zcrayfish on 28 Aug 2023.)

Alpine Linux has no official desktop; older versions used Xfce, but now, all GUI and graphical interfaces are optional. This page is an attempt at being a jumping off page for everything you need to have a decent workstation.

Tip: Combine a version control system (like Git) and a configuration management/deployment system (like Ansible) to automate this.

Graphical user interfaces (GUI)

Display Server

Desktop environments

Window managers

Stacking (floating) window managers

Wayland:
- LabWC
- Wayfire
- Weston

X:
- Fluxbox (spanish)
- Openbox

Tiling (dynamic) window managers

Wayland:
- River
- Sway

X:
- AwesomeWM
- Dwm
- I3wm

Fonts

Note: Depending on the Desktop environment/window manager fonts may or may not be installed automatically.

Fonts

Networking

Networking

Printer

Printer Setup

Sound

Note: If you are unsure, PipeWire is recommended.

Laptop

This material needs expanding ...

To be done.

Suspend on LID close
Power management
- Suspend and hibernate
- CPU frequency scaling

Miscellaneous

man command/man pages
Default applications - Changing the default application associated with a filetype.
Bubblewrap - Unprivileged sandboxing tool.

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 '''Alpine Linux''' has no official desktop; older versions used [[Xfce]], but now, all GUI and graphical interfaces are optional.  This page is an attempt at being a ''jumping off page'' for everything you need to have a decent workstation.
-{{Tip|Combine a version control system (like [[Git]]) and a configuration management/deployment system (like [[Ansible]]) to automate this.}}
+{{Tip|Combine a version control system (like [[:Category:Git|Git]]) and a configuration management/deployment system (like [[Ansible]]) to automate this.}}
 == [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface Graphical user interfaces (GUI)] ==
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 === Desktop environments ===
-* [[Gnome]]
+* [[GNOME]]
 * [[KDE|KDE Plasma]]
 * [[LXQt]]