Initial setup

Start by booting Alpine (see these instructions on how to do that)

Enable Community Repository

We need the Community Repository available for access to the OpenBox packages. Instructions are available on the Enable Community Repository page.

Install openbox, xterm, and terminus font.

# apk add openbox xterm terminus-font

Depending on your network speed, it might take a few minutes.

On most systems, xorg should be able to autodetect all devices. However, you can still configure xorg-server manually by launching:

# setup-xorg-base

If you installed your Alpine Linux as a VirtualBox or VMWare guest, you might find it handy to be able execute an ACPI shutdown.

# rc-update add acpid

$ echo 'openbox-session' >> /home/<newuser>/.xinitrc

$ mkdir /home/<newuser>/.config

$ cp -r /etc/xdg/openbox ~/.config

You can now edit the openbox settings for your user by editing the files located in

~/.config/openbox

The OpenBox configuration details can he studied on the OpenBox wiki.

$ startx