Revision as of 19:26, 1 October 2022

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Should this instead be a section in "Tutorials and Howtos"?
(Last edited by Encode on 1 Oct 2022.)

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.

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

Default applications (Changing the default application associated with a filetype.)
man command/man pages

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