User:Encode/Workstation

This material is work-in-progress ... Should this instead be a section in "Tutorials and Howtos"? (Last edited by Encode on 29 Jan 2023.)

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.

Tip: Combine a version control system (like Git) and a configuration management/deployment system (like Ansible) to automate this.

Graphical user interfaces (GUI)

Display Server

• Wayland
• X (also called: Xorg, X11)

Desktop environments

• Gnome
• KDE Plasma
• LXQt
• MATE
• Xfce

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.

• ALSA
• PipeWire
• PulseAudio

Laptop

This material needs expanding ... To be done.

• Suspend on LID close
• Power management
  • Suspend and hibernate
  • CPU frequency scaling

Miscellaneous

• man command/man pages
• Default applications - Changing the default application associated with a filetype.
• Bubblewrap - Unprivileged sandboxing tool.

See Also

• Post Install