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'''Alpine Linux has no official desktop.''' Older versions used Xfce4, but now, all GUI and graphical interfaces are community contributed. Environments such as LXDE, Mate, etc are available, but are not fully supported due to some dependencies.
'''Alpine Linux has no official desktop.''' Older versions used Xfce4, but now, all GUI and graphical interfaces are community contributed. Environments such as LXDE, Mate, etc are available, but are not fully supported due to some dependencies.


== Complete Desktops ==
== Desktop environments ==
 
Alpine is not a graphics-focused system, however there are several complete desktops packages available for installation:


# [[XFCE Setup]]
# [[XFCE Setup]]
# [[LXDE]]
# [[LXDE]]
# [[Alpine Newbies Openbox Window Manager]]
# [[Alpine LXQT Desktop Environment]]
# [[KDE]]
# [[KDE]]
# [[Gnome]]
# [[Gnome]]
# [[MATE]]


==  Community Contributions ==
==  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacking_window_manager Stacking window managers] ==


There are some contributions that will periodically be complete desktops available using the Community Repository Packages, like the [[Alpine Newbies MATE Desktop Environment|MATE Desktop environment]]; others need Wayland, causing some compatibility problems:
# [[Alpine Newbies Openbox Window Manager]]


# [[MATE]]
# [[Awesome(wm)_Setup|Awesome Window Manager]]


== Upstream and external ones ==


All of the original upstream desktops can be installed using the traditional Unix-like method of downloading and compiling them:
== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager Tiling window manager] ==


# [[Dwm]]
# [[Dwm]]
# [[Alpine LXQT Desktop Environment]]
 
# [[Awesome(wm)_Setup|Awesome Window Manager]]


== Desktop emulation and gaming ==
== Desktop emulation and gaming ==

Revision as of 17:01, 7 December 2021

Alpine Linux has no official desktop. Older versions used Xfce4, but now, all GUI and graphical interfaces are community contributed. Environments such as LXDE, Mate, etc are available, but are not fully supported due to some dependencies.

Desktop environments

  1. XFCE Setup
  2. LXDE
  3. Alpine LXQT Desktop Environment
  4. KDE
  5. Gnome
  6. MATE

Stacking window managers

  1. Alpine Newbies Openbox Window Manager


Tiling window manager

  1. Dwm
  1. Awesome Window Manager

Desktop emulation and gaming

Alpine is capable of providing a good platform to play games and enjoy:

Tutorial series

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Alpine newbie apk packages Alpine Newbies: Xorg and Openbox

See Also

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