Desktop environments and Window managers: Difference between revisions

From Alpine Linux
m (→‎See Also: link update)
m (added category links, some structure changes)
Line 5: Line 5:
'''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:


== Desktop environments ==
== Desktop Environments ==
 
See also: [[:Category:Desktop Environments|Desktop Environments Category]]


* [[Xfce]]
* [[Xfce]]
Line 13: Line 15:
* [[MATE]]
* [[MATE]]


==  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacking_window_manager Stacking (floating) window managers] ==
== Window Managers ==
 
See also: [[:Category:Window Managers|Window Managers Category]]
 
===  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacking_window_manager Stacking (floating) window managers] ===


* X11:
* X11:
Line 23: Line 29:
** [[Wayfire]]
** [[Wayfire]]


== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager Tiling (dynamic) window managers] ==
=== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager Tiling (dynamic) window managers] ===


* X11:
* X11:
Line 36: Line 42:


* Wayland:
* Wayland:
** [[ Sway ]]
** [[Sway]]
** [[River]]
** [[River]]
** Cagebreak (Available in Edge Branch)
** Cagebreak (Available in Edge Branch)
Line 42: Line 48:
** Qtile (Available in Edge Branch)
** Qtile (Available in Edge Branch)


== Other Window Managers ==
=== Other Window Managers ===


* Wayland
* Wayland

Revision as of 11:56, 23 April 2023

Tip: Be sure to add your user to input and video groups.

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
    • Dwm
    • i3
    • Awesome Window Manager
    • Ratpoison (Available in Edge Branch)
    • spectrwm (Available in Edge Branch)
    • Qtile (Available in Edge Branch)
  • Wayland:
    • Sway
    • River
    • Cagebreak (Available in Edge Branch)
    • dwl (Available in Edge Branch)
    • Qtile (Available in Edge Branch)

Other Window Managers

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

See Also