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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:
To use Alpine Linux as a [[Daily driver guide|Desktop]], a desktop environment needs to be installed. The desktops environments that can be installed in  Quickstart mode using Setup-desktop utility are listed:


* [[KDE|Plasma]]
* [[KDE|Plasma]]
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* [[MATE]]
* [[MATE]]
* [[Xfce]]  
* [[Xfce]]  
* [[LXQt]]
* [[Sway]]  
* [[Sway]]  


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In addition to the above, Alpine Linux [[Repositories|repositories]] supports other [[Desktop_environments_and_Window_managers|Desktop environments and Window managers]], which can be installed manually.


== See Also ==
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Latest revision as of 05:57, 10 December 2024

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, except for sway. To view the packages installed by the script: $ cat /usr/sbin/setup-desktop

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