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'''Alpine Linux''' has no official desktop. Older versions used Xfce, but now all GUI and graphical interfaces are optional.  
'''Alpine Linux''' has no official desktop. Older versions used Xfce, but now all GUI and graphical interfaces are optional.  
Few desktops environments to be [[Setup-desktop|installed]] in Quickstart mode.  
[[Setup-desktop|Quickstart]] install using [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-desktop|setup-desktop]] utility is available for few desktops environments.


All window managers and desktop environments that are available in Alpine Linux are listed in this page.
All window managers and desktop environments that are available in Alpine Linux are listed in this page.

Revision as of 08:21, 13 August 2024

Alpine Linux has no official desktop. Older versions used Xfce, but now all GUI and graphical interfaces are optional. Quickstart install using setup-desktop utility is available for few desktops environments.

All window managers and desktop environments that are available in Alpine Linux are listed in this page.

Desktop Environments

See also: Desktop Environments Category

Window Managers

See also: Window Managers Category

Stacking (floating) window managers

Tiling (dynamic) window managers

  • Wayland:
    • Sway
    • River
    • Cagebreak
    • dwl (Available in Edge Branch under the testing repository)
    • Qtile (Available in Edge Branch under the testing repository)

Other Window Managers

  • Wayland
    • Cage - Wayland Compositor for running single app on fullscreen mode (kiosk)

See Also

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