# Alpine OPENBOX desktop setup: FF version
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Alpine must be previously installed. For a WAYLAND crap desktop check [alpine-tutorial-desktop-wayland-try.md](alpine-tutorial-desktop-wayland-try.md).
For XFCE4 check [alpine-tutorial-desktop-xfce4-fast-forward.md](alpine-tutorial-desktop-xfce4-fast-forward.md)
* [How to use this guide](#how-to-use-this-guide)
* [Preparation](#preparation-openbox-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 OPENBOX Alpine](#instalacion-openbox-apine)
* [Session, Menu and Desktop configuration](#openbox-session-menu-and-desktop-configuration)
* [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.
**HINT** check for some xf86-video packages like `xf86-video-intel`, `xf86-video-amdgpu`, `xf86-video-noveau`, `xf86-video-ati` or `xf86-video-nv`
## instalacion OpenBox Alpine
Since Alpine 3.13 the mayor KGT apps desktop builds 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 openbox openbox-doc jgmenu jgmenu-doc pcmanfm lxsession xfce4-terminal xarchiver mousepad \
xfce4-panel 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
```
#### openbox session menu and desktop configuration
**WARNING** the `openbox-doc` package must be installed
```
cat > /etc/xdg/openbox/menu.xml << EOF
EOF
mkdir -p /etc/skel/.config/jgmenu/
cat > /etc/skel/.config/jgmenu/jgmenurc << EOF
stay_alive = 0
tint2_look = 0
position_mode = pointer
terminal_exec = xfce4-terminal
terminal_args = -e
menu_width = 200
menu_padding_top = 5
menu_padding_right = 1
menu_padding_bottom = 4
menu_padding_left = 1
menu_radius = 0
menu_border = 1
menu_halign = left
sub_hover_action = 1
item_margin_y = 2
item_height = 20
item_padding_x = 4
item_radius = 0
item_border = 0
sep_height = 3
font = Sans 10
icon_size = 16
EOF
for u in $(ls /home); do mkdir -p /home/$u/.config/jgmenu && cp /etc/skel/.config/jgmenu/jgmenurc /home/$u/.config/jgmenu/jgmenurc; done
sed -i -r 's|.*xfce-mcs-manager \&.*|xfce-mcs-manager \&|g' /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart
sed -i -r 's|.*titleLayout.*|NDLSIMC|g' /etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml
sed -i -r 's|.*keepBorder.*|yes|g' /etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml
sed -i -r 's|.*animateIconify.*|no|g' /etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml
sed -i -r 's|[1-9]|14|g' /etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml
sed -i -r 's|[1-9]|1|g' /etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml
sed -i -r 's|.*drawContents.*|no|g' /etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml
sed -i -r 's|kfmclient.*|pcmanfm|g' /etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml
sed -i -r 's|Clearlooks|Bear2|g' /etc/xdg/openbox/rc.mxl
sed -i -r 's|.*root-menu.*|jgmenu_run|g' /etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml
for u in $(ls /home); do mkdir -p /home/$u/.config/openbox; done
```
#### 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!
**CAUTION** 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 |
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## 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)