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'''Alpine Linux''' has no official desktop. Older versions used Xfce, but now all GUI and graphical interfaces are optional. many are available and are attempted to be listed below:
'''Alpine Linux''' has no official desktop. Older versions used Xfce, but now all GUI and graphical interfaces are optional. many are available and are attempted to be listed below:
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Revision as of 21:30, 6 March 2024

Alpine Linux has no official desktop. Older versions used Xfce, but now all GUI and graphical interfaces are optional. many are available and are attempted to be listed below:

Desktop Environments

See also: Desktop Environments Category

Window Managers

See also: Window Managers Category

Stacking (floating) window managers

Tiling (dynamic) window managers

  • X11:
    • bspwm
    • herbstluftwm
    • twm
    • dwm
    • i3
    • Awesome Window Manager
    • Ratpoison (Available in Edge branch under the testing repository)
    • spectrwm (Available in Edge Branch under the testing repository)
    • Qtile (Available in Edge Branch under the testing repository)
  • Wayland:
    • Sway
    • River
    • Cagebreak
    • dwl (Available in Edge Branch under the testing repository)
    • Qtile (Available in Edge Branch under the testing repository)

Other Window Managers

  • Wayland
    • Cage - Wayland Compositor for running single app on fullscreen mode (kiosk)

See Also