Newbie Alpine Ecosystem

The Alpine Newbie Ecosystem is documentation designed so that incoming users can use Alpine. All pages will be some kind of guide to form a manual book for Alpine Linux.

Alpine is the OS (Operating System), that runs on top of your machine. Programs such as a web browser run on the OS, and web pages like "wiki.alpine.org" run over that web browser.

Keep in mind that today due to the great popularity of Docker, Alpine Linux is one of the most deployed operating systems currently in use, because within every other operating system that uses a docker, the docker image it uses is almost always Alpine Linux.

The User Alpine Newbie Ecosystem:

Component	Description	Targeted
Alpine newbie overall and install	Basic guide on what Alpine Linux is, whats similar and different about it when compared to other operating systems, as well as after the introduction, a brief guide on the installation process.	New incoming users, For Linux and non-Linux users alike!
Alpine newbie apk packages	Alpine packages, the "apk" command line tool that indexes, retrieves and installs sets of precompiled pieces of software for your installation.	Familiarized users, Users with some Alpine Linux experience
Alpine newbie desktops	Alpine as minimal distribution, only needs a minimal desktop environment, so XFCE is the official desktop, but thanks to the community there's many options now, LXDE, MATE are currently available.	Familiarized users, Users with some Linux experience
Alpine newbie developer	Alpine stack for development: Alpine Linux is the most used Linux for deploying software, making it a good choice if you are a developer.	Medium Alpine users, Users with a decent amount of Alpine Linux experience
Alpine newbie lammers	As a security focused Linux distribution, is Alpine enough to become a "l33t haxor?" You must persist and gain knowledge, have respect and you will gain respect from your community.	High level Alpine users, Users with considerable Alpine Linux experience

Tutorial series

Optional reading:	What to read next
FAQ	Alpine newbie

Installation: Alpine newbie overall and install

• Alpine and BIOS/UEFI Support Status and related topics
• Alpine newbie install manual
  • Alpine Install: from a disc to a new computer single only boot
  • Alpine Install: from a disc to a old computer single only boot
  • Alpine Install: from a disc to a virtualbox machine single only
  • Alpine Install: from a iso to a virtualbox machine with external disc
• Alpine general information after install (A must read)

Postinstall: Alpine newbie desktops

• Overall info and minimal packages common to any working desktop
  • Alpine newbie desktops, (General information only)
  • Alpine Newbies XFCE Desktop Environment
  • Alpine Newbies LXDE Desktop Environment
  • Alpine Newbies Xorg and Openbox Window Manager
  • Alpine Newbies MATE Desktop Environment

Deploy and production: Alpine newbie developer

Developers: compilers, IDE's and tools

• Alpine newbie developer
  • Alpine newbie developer: full stack web
  • Alpine newbie developer: gitea

Servers: deploy in production

• Alpine production deploy
  • Production git server: gitea
  • Production Web server: Lighttpd‎‎
  • Production DataBases : mysql
  • Production LAMP system: Lighttpd + PHP + MySQL‎‎
• Alpine production monitoring
  • Cacti: traffic analysis and monitoring network

New users community and social networks

Here are our social networks for newbie users:

• Twitter Feed: https://twitter.com/alpinelinux
• IRC chat: irc://irc.freenode.net/alpine-linux
• Telegram RSS: https://t.me/s/alpine_linux
• Forum Mails : https://lists.alpinelinux.org/~alpine/users

See Also

1. FAQ
2. Alpine newbie
3. Alpine newbie install manual
4. Alpine newbie apk packages
5. Alpine newbie desktops
6. Alpine newbie developer
7. Alpine newbie lammers