Desktop environments and Window managers: Difference between revisions
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Alpine is not a graphics-focused system, however there are several complete desktops packages available for installation: | Alpine is not a graphics-focused system, however there are several complete desktops packages available for installation: | ||
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# [[Alpine Newbies LXDE Desktop Environment]] | # [[Alpine Newbies LXDE Desktop Environment]] | ||
# [[Alpine Newbies Openbox Window Manager]] | # [[Alpine Newbies Openbox Window Manager]] | ||
# [[KDE]] | # [[KDE]] | ||
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= Alpine Desktops: Community Contributions = | = Alpine Desktops: Community Contributions = | ||
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: | 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: | ||
# [[ | # [[MATE]] | ||
# [[Awesome(wm)_Setup|Awesome Window Manager]] | # [[Awesome(wm)_Setup|Awesome Window Manager]] | ||
Revision as of 01:45, 4 May 2021
The desktop environment in Alpine has no official desktops. Older versions had 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 bloated integration.
Please, if you find something hard to understand about the integration of the variety of programs, consider further reading until the end of this page to understand important notes about the Behavior of Desktop Environments in Linux
So you can choose from those options or follow the next suggested Alpine Newbies: Xorg and Openbox page.
Alpine Desktops: Complete Desktops
Alpine is not a graphics-focused system, however there are several complete desktops packages available for installation:
- XFCE Setup
- Alpine Newbies LXDE Desktop Environment
- Alpine Newbies Openbox Window Manager
- KDE
- Gnome Setup
Alpine Desktops: Community Contributions
There are some contributions that will periodically be complete desktops available using the Community Repository Packages, like the MATE Desktop environment; others need Wayland, causing some compatibility problems:
Alpine Desktops: Upstream and external ones
All of the original upstream desktops can be installed using the traditional Unix-like method of downloading and compiling them:
Alpine Desktops: Multimedia
After getting your preferred desktop, you can also improve your desktop with:
- Alpine multimedia for users (Audio and video multimedia related software and setup)
- Alpine multimedia for editing and amateurs (Amateur related such editing and converting tools)
Alpine Desktops: emulation and gaming
Alpine is capable of providing a good platform to play games and enjoy:
- Alpine games packages and options
- Alpine emulators packages and options
- Alpine games from upstreams sources
- Alpine emulators from upstreams sources
Tutorial series
| Previous required | What's next to read |
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| Alpine newbie apk packages | Alpine Newbies: Xorg and Openbox |