Desktop environments and Window managers: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 06:46, 11 September 2024

Alpine Linux has no official desktop. Setting up a graphical environment is covered under Post-Installation. All window managers and desktop environments that are available in Alpine Linux are listed in this page. Quick installation using setup-desktop script is available for few desktops.

Desktop Environments

Window Managers

Stacking window managers

(also known as floating window maanagers)

X11:
- Openbox

Wayland:
- Weston
- LabWC
- wayfire

Tiling window managers

(also known as Dynamic window maanagers)

X11:
- bspwm
- herbstluftwm
- twm
- dwm
- i3
- Awesome
- ratpoison
- spectrwm
- qtile

Wayland:
- Sway
- River
- cagebreak
- dwl
- hyprland

Other Window Managers

Wayland
- cage (kiosk mode)

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-'''Alpine Linux''' has no official desktop. Older versions used Xfce, but now all GUI and graphical interfaces are optional.
-[[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.
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+This page lists only the window managers and desktop environments for which packages are available in Alpine Linux. Do not add unsupported software here
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+'''Alpine Linux''' has no official desktop. Setting up a graphical environment is covered under [[Installation#Post-Installation|Post-Installation]].  All window managers and desktop environments that are available in Alpine Linux are listed in this page. Quick installation using [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-desktop|setup-desktop]] script is available for few [[Setup-desktop|desktops]].
 == Desktop Environments ==
-See also: [[:Category:Desktop Environments|Desktop Environments Category]]
 * [[Xfce]]
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 == Window Managers ==
-See also: [[:Category:Window Managers|Window Managers Category]]
+===  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacking_window_manager Stacking window managers] ===
+(also known as '''floating window maanagers''')
-===  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacking_window_manager Stacking (floating) window managers] ===
 * X11:
 ** [[Openbox]]
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 ** [[Weston]]
 ** [[LabWC]]
-** [[Wayfire]]
+**  {{Pkg|wayfire|arch=}}
-=== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager Tiling (dynamic) window managers] ===
+=== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager Tiling window managers] ===
+(also known as '''Dynamic window maanagers''')
 * X11:
-** bspwm
+** {{Pkg|bspwm|arch=}}
-** herbstluftwm
+** {{Pkg|herbstluftwm|arch=}}
 ** [[twm]]
 ** [[dwm]]
 ** [[I3wm|i3]]
-** [[AwesomeWM|Awesome Window Manager]]
+** [[AwesomeWM|Awesome]]
-** Ratpoison
+** {{Pkg|ratpoison|arch=}}
-** spectrwm
+** {{Pkg|spectrwm |arch=}}
-** Qtile (Available in Edge Branch under the testing repository)
+** {{Pkg|qtile |arch=}}
 * Wayland:
 ** [[Sway]]
 ** [[River]]
-** Cagebreak
+** {{Pkg|cagebreak|arch=}}
-** dwl (Available in Edge Branch under the testing repository)
+** {{Pkg|dwl|arch=}}
-** Qtile (Available in Edge Branch under the testing repository)
+** {{Pkg|hyprland|arch=}}
 === Other Window Managers ===
 * Wayland
-** Cage - Wayland Compositor for running single app on fullscreen mode (kiosk)
+** {{Pkg|cage |arch=}} ('''kiosk''' mode)
 == See Also ==
-* [[Installation]]
+* [[:Category:Desktop Environments|Desktop Environments]]
+* [[:Category:Window Managers|Window Managers]]
 * [[Installation#Post-Installation|Post Installation]]
 * [[Seat_manager#Input_and_video_groups|Input and video groups]]
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 [[Category:Desktop]]
 [[Category:Newbie]]
+[[Category:Desktop Environments]]
+[[Category:Window Managers]]