# Alpine XFCE4 desktop setup: FF version =========================================================== Alpine must be previously installed. For a WAYLAND crap desktop check [alpine-tutorial-desktop-wayland-try.md](alpine-tutorial-desktop-wayland-try.md). For more extended verson of this document check [../../newbie/alpine-newbie-xfce-desktop.md](../../newbie/alpine-newbie-xfce-desktop.md) * [How to use this guide](#how-to-use-this-guide) * [Preparation](#preparation-xfce4-aline) * [setup OS configuration](#setup-os-configuration) * [setup system users](#setup-system-users) * [setup hardware support](#setup-hardware-support) * [setup audio and video](#setup-audio-and-video) * [Instalacion XFCE4 Alpine](#instalacion-xfce4-apine) * [Desktop multimedia and media devices](#desktop-multimedia-and-media-devices) * [Development](#development) * [Licensing clarifications](#licensing-clarifications) * [See also](#see-also) ## preparation Xfce4 Alpine **YOU MUST HAVE DIRECT WIRED INTERNET, if not ask for an ISO from VenenuX:** [https://t.me/alpine_linux/762](https://t.me/s/alpine_linux/762) #### setup OS configuration Feels lost here? check [How to use this guide](#how-to-use-this-guide) section of this document ``` sed -i -r 's|#PermitRootLogin.*|PermitRootLogin no|g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config rc-service sshd restart;rc-update add sshd default hostname venenux-desktop echo 'hostname="venenux-desktop"' > /etc/conf.d/hostname echo "venenux-desktop" > /etc/hostname cat > /etc/hosts << EOF 127.0.0.1 venenux-desktop localhost.localdomain localhost ::1 localhost localhost.localdomain EOF cat > /etc/network/interfaces << EOF auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp iface eth0 inet6 dhcp pre-up echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/accept_ra EOF rc-service networking restart;rc-update add networking boot cat > /root/.cshrc << EOF unsetenv DISPLAY || true HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth EOF cp /root/.cshrc /root/.bashrc echo "root:toor" | chpasswd apk add tcsh add-shell '/bin/csh' adduser -D -g "" -u 998 -h /opt/daru -s /bin/csh daru echo "daru:daru" | chpasswd rm -f /opt/daru/* mkdir /opt/daru cat > /opt/daru/.cshrc << EOF unsetenv DISPLAY export PAGER=less set autologout = 6 set prompt = "$ " set history = 0 set ignoreeof EOF cp /opt/daru/.cshrc /opt/daru/.bashrc chown -R daru:daru /opt/daru cat > /etc/apk/repositories << EOF http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v$(cat /etc/alpine-release | cut -d'.' -f1,2)/main http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v$(cat /etc/alpine-release | cut -d'.' -f1,2)/community EOF apk update apk add man-db man-pages nano binutils coreutils readline \ sed attr dialog lsof less groff wget curl terminus-font \ zip p7zip xz tar cabextract cpio binutils lha acpi musl-locales musl-locales-lang \ e2fsprogs e2fsprogs-doc btrfs-progs btrfs-progs-doc exfat-utils exfat-utils-doc \ f2fs-tools f2fs-tools-doc dosfstools dosfstools-doc xfsprogs xfsprogs-doc jfsutils jfsutils-doc \ testdisk testdisk-doc partimage partimage-doc parted parted-doc util-linux zram-init sed -i "s#.*consolefont.*=.*#consolefont="ter-132n.psf.gz"#g" /etc/conf.d/consolefont setfont /usr/share/consolefonts/ter-132n.psf.gz rc-update add consolefont boot ``` For more extended info check [../../newbie/alpine-newbie-xfce-desktop.md](../../newbie/alpine-newbie-xfce-desktop.md#setup-os-configuration) #### setup system users ``` apk add shadow shadow-uidmap doas musl-locales musl-locales-lang cat > /tmp/tmp.tmp << EOF set history = 10000 set prompt = "$ " EOF mkdir /etc/skel cat /tmp/tmp.tmp > /etc/skel/.cshrc cat /tmp/tmp.tmp > /etc/skel/.bashrc cat > /etc/skel/.Xresources << EOF Xft.antialias: 0 Xft.rgba: rgb Xft.autohint: 0 Xft.hinting: 1 Xft.hintstyle: hintslight EOF cat > /etc/default/useradd << EOF # useradd defaults file HOME=/home INACTIVE=-1 EXPIRE= SHELL=/bin/bash SKEL=/etc/skel CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL=yes EOF cat > /etc/login.defs << EOF USERGROUPS_ENAB yes SYSLOG_SU_ENAB yes SYSLOG_SG_ENAB yes SULOG_FILE /var/log/sulog SU_NAME su EOF useradd -m -U -c "" -G wheel,input,disk,floppy,cdrom,dialout,audio,video,lp,netdev,games,users,ping general for u in $(ls /home); do for g in disk lp floppy audio cdrom dialout video lp netdev games users ping; do addgroup $u $g; done;done ``` > **Warning** your user name must be `general`, you can put a "human name" as you wish, later. For more details check [../../newbie/alpine-newbie-xfce-desktop.md](../../newbie/alpine-newbie-xfce-desktop.md#setup-system-users) #### setup hardware support ``` apk add acpi eudev eudev-doc eudev-rule-generator eudev-openrc pciutils util-linux zram-init \ fuse fuse-exfat-utils fuse-exfat avfs pcre2 cpufreqd bluez bluez-openrc \ wpa_supplicant dhcpcd chrony macchanger wireless-tools iputils linux-firmware \ networkmanager networkmanager-lang networkmanager-openvpn networkmanager-openvpn-lang rc-update add udev rc-update add acpid rc-update add cpufreqd rc-update add fuse rc-update add bluetooth rc-update add chrony rc-update add wpa_supplicant rc-update add networkmanager rc-service networking restart rc-service wpa_supplicant restart rc-service bluetooth restart rc-service udev restart rc-service fuse restart rc-service cpufreqd restart ``` For more details check [../../newbie/alpine-newbie-xfce-desktop.md](../../newbie/alpine-newbie-xfce-desktop.md#setup-software-graphical-fonts-and-languajes) #### setup audio and video ``` apk add xorg-server xorg-server-xnest xorg-server-xnest xorg-server-doc xf86-input-evdev libxinerama xrandr kbd setxkbmap \ mesa xinit mesa-dri-gallium xf86-video-dummy xf86-video-modesetting xf86-video-vesa xf86-input-libinput apk add libxinerama xrandr kbd setxkbmap bluez bluez-openrc \ dbus dbus-x11 elogind elogind-openrc lightdm lightdm-lang lightdm-gtk-greeter \ polkit polkit-openrc polkit-elogind udisks2 udisks2-lang \ gvfs gvfs-fuse gvfs-archive gvfs-dav gvfs-nfs gvfs-lang \ networkmanager-elogind dbus-uuidgen > /var/lib/dbus/machine-id rc-update add dbus rc-update add elogind rc-update add polkit rc-update add lightdm apk add font-noto-all ttf-dejavu ttf-linux-libertine ttf-liberation \ font-bitstream-type1 font-bitstream-100dpi font-bitstream-75dpi \ font-adobe-utopia-type1 font-adobe-utopia-75dpi font-adobe-utopia-100dpi \ font-isas-misc apk add alsa-utils alsa-plugins alsa-tools alsaconf \ pipewire pipewire-pulse pipewire-alsa pipewire-spa-bluez cat > /etc/security/limits.d/audio-limits.conf << EOF @audio - memlock 256 @audio - nice -11 @audio - rtprio 88 EOF rc-service dbus restart rc-service elogind restart rc-service polkit restart rc-service lightdm restart ``` > **Warning** your user name must be `general`, you can put a "human name" as you wish, later. > **Note** check for some xf86-video packages like `xf86-video-intel`, `xf86-video-amdgpu`, `xf86-video-noveau`, `xf86-video-ati` or `xf86-video-nv` ## instalacion Xfce4 Alpine Since Alpine 3.13 the XFCE4 desktop its GTK3 for 32bit devices its better to use alpine 3.10 or 3.12 that uses GTK2 for almost all the programs. ``` apk add gtk-update-icon-cache hicolor-icon-theme paper-gtk-theme adwaita-icon-theme apk add numix-icon-theme numix-themes numix-themes-gtk2 numix-themes-gtk3 numix-themes-metacity numix-themes-openbox numix-themes-xfce4-notifyd numix-themes-xfwm4 apk add xfce4 xfce4-session xfce4-panel xfce4-terminal xarchiver mousepad \ xfwm4-themes xfce-polkit xfce4-skel xfce4-power-manager xfce4-settings \ xfce4-clipman-plugin xfce4-xkb-plugin xfce4-screensaver xfce4-screenshooter xfce4-taskmanager \ xfce4-panel-lang xfce4-clipman-plugin-lang xfce4-xkb-plugin-lang xfce4-screenshooter-lang \ xfce4-taskmanager-lang xfce4-battery-plugin-lang xfce4-power-manager-lang xfce4-settings-lang \ gvfs gvfs-fuse gvfs-archive gvfs-afp gvfs-afp gvfs-afc gvfs-cdda gvfs-gphoto2 gvfs-mtp \ network-manager-applet network-manager-applet-lang vte3 \ libreoffice libreoffice-gnome evince evince-lang evince-doc rc-service networking restart rc-service wpa_supplicant restart rc-service networkmanager restart rc-service lightdm restart ``` #### desktop integration and device media ``` apk add xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-wlr xdg-desktop-portal-lang xdg-desktop-portal-gtk xdg-desktop-portal-gtk-lang ``` #### Desktop multimedia and media devices ``` apk add gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-good-gtk \ libcanberra-gtk2 libcanberra-gtk3 libcanberra-gstreamer wxgtk-media wxgtk3-media wxgtk-lang \ mediainfo ffmpeg ffmpeg-doc ffmpeg-libs lame lame-doc rtkit rtkit-doc \ mpv mpv-doc deadbeef deadbeef-lang libxinerama xrandr for u in $(ls /home); do for g in plugdev audio cdrom dialout video netdev; do addgroup $u $g; done;done cat > /etc/network/interfaces << EOF auto lo iface lo inet loopback EOF service networking restart service wpa_supplicant restart service networkmanager restart ``` #### development ``` apk add pkgconf make cmake gcc gcc-gdc gcc-go g++ gcc-objc gcc-doc \ patch patch-doc patchutils patchutils-doc diffutils diffutils-doc \ git git-cvs git-svn github-cli git-diff-highlight git-doc \ subversion subversion-doc mercurial mercurial-doc \ geany geany-plugins-lang geany-plugins-addons geany-plugins-geanyextrasel \ geany-plugins-overview geany-plugins-geanyvc geany-plugins-treebrowser \ geany-plugins-tableconvert geany-plugins-spellcheck geany-plugins-shiftcolumn \ geany-plugins-utils geany-lang \ terminator terminator-lang tmux screen meld meld-lang ``` ## How to use this guide This guide **structure all the commands in blocks, each block its separated by a line spaced**, so you must **type each line as is.. and hit enter**, so you noted that then you typed each separated clocks of commands, copy/type only blocks separated by an empty line, all new(next) lines are made by just enter. the terminal will detect if must execute or not. **If you have another computer or gui**, try to use SSH client like putty or just in terminal (MAC or Linux) do: 1. at the Alpine installation: `sed -i 's|.*PermitRootLogin.*|PermitRootLogin yes|g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config;service sshd restart` 2. at the other OS just connect: `ssh -l root ` change "``" with the address of your device. 3. copy each separated by empty line, block of command, copy only blocks separate by empty line 4. and paste each separated by empty line block in the remnote (ssh), do not paste all the blocks at same time! > **Warning** Some Linux or/and Mac terminals have security cut/paste locks, so if you paste, the first line will be preceded by garbage, check always the first char of your paste. > **Warning** after finish, rerun: `sed -i -r 's|.*PermitRootLogin.*|PermitRootLogin no|g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config` and restart ssh `service sshd restart` becouse security implications. #### hardware used | item | minimal feature | Extra recommendations | | ---------------- | ----------------- | ---------------------------------- | | RAM MB | 1Gb DDR1 | 6Gb DDR3, web browsers consumes so much | | CPU | intel Dual Core | Not necesary | | RAM CPU | 2Mb (L2) 4kb/L1 | | | GPU | intel G41 | Radeon X1200 For web browsers and modern apps will be need | | RAM GPU | 256Mb | 1Gb For web browsers and modern apps will be need | | Storage | 120Gb HDD WD | 256Gb SSD are mandatory for speed | | ARCH | 32bits (i386/arm6)| 64bits (amd64) mandatory for most modern apps unfortunatelly | | Audio | AC 97 | HD audio and HDMI audio are a mess | #### usernames | item | name | password | | --------- | ------------------- | -------- | | remote | daru | daru | | admin | root | toor | | user | general | general | ## Licensing clarifications **CC BY-NC-SA**: the project allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creators involved. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms, includes the following elements: * **BY** – Credit must be given to the creator of each content respectivelly, starting at the first contributor. * **NC** – Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted, with exceptions if you fill an issue here! * **SA** – Adaptations must be shared under the same terms, you must obey this terms and do not change it. https://codeberg.org/alpine/alpine-wiki/src/branch/main#license ## See also * [README.md](README.md) * [alpine-newbie-install.md](../../newbie/alpine-newbie-install.md) * [alpine-tutorial-desktop-wayland-try.md](alpine-tutorial-desktop-wayland-try.md)