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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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* [[LXQt]]
* [[LXQt]]
* [[KDE|KDE Plasma]]
* [[KDE|KDE Plasma]]
* [[Gnome]]
* [[GNOME]]
* [[MATE]]
* [[MATE]]


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** bspwm
** bspwm
** herbstluftwm
** herbstluftwm
** [[twm]]
** [[dwm]]
** [[dwm]]
** [[I3wm|i3]]
** [[I3wm|i3]]
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== See Also ==
== See Also ==
* [[Installation]]
* [[Installation]]
* [[Installation#Post-Install|Post Install]]
* [[Installation#Post-Installation|Post Installation]]
* [[Seat_manager#Input_and_video_groups|Input and video groups]]
* [[Fonts]]
* [[Fonts]]
* [[Category:Display Managers]]
* [[Wayland]]
* [[:Category:Display Managers]]
* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Desktop_environment Desktop environment - Archwiki]
* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Desktop_environment Desktop environment - Gentoo Wiki]


[[Category:Desktop]]
[[Category:Desktop]]
[[Category:Newbie]]
[[Category:Newbie]]

Latest revision as of 21:31, 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