Please do not experiment with Alpine, there is a wrong way to install Alpine, and the right way like this =
BIOS TIPS for beginners=
The Alpine Linux installation ISO uses root
as the default user and an empty password. In order to login, just enter the username root
and press return.
[Initial password for root not exists, just press enter. There is no root password for the first time in Alpine Linux.]
[You can setup root and user passwords later during the setup process.]
setup-alpine
us
us
localhost
eth0
UTC
none
none
1
none
busybox
sda
sys
y
reboot
[remove installation DVD or Flash device]
Add the following line and save the file (ctrl+O, ctrl+X):
permit persist :wheel
setup-xorg-base
adduser root input
adduser root games
adduser joe input
adduser joe games
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Alpine Linux.
Now it remains to take care of the sound.
Alpine Linux Sound working if you try this:
apk add pulseaudio htop neofetch xdg-utils
apk add xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin
apk add pavucontrol
apk add xfce4-xkb-pluginreboot
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https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Printer_Setup
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Warning: just type su command for root access. Or you can use doas command before any other command. Doas is similar to sudo.
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nano /etc/lighdm/lightdm.conf
Do not add the following line and save the file (ctrl+O, ctrl+X):
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A child from kindergarten can install Alpine linux independently.
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Steam
https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Gaming_on_Alpine
https://www.linuxshelltips.com/install-openbox-alpine-linux/
htop
IDLE RAM USAGE with Geany, Firefox, Xfce installed = 241MB
That is total record in the Linux world:
Absolutely insane low resource for multimedia heavy usage @ Alpine Linux XFCE only:
htop = 241 MB
htop firefox = 458 MB
htop firefox + youtube = 800 MB
Alpine Linux has lower resource usage than all linux distros and FreeBSD, Wow !
Windows 10 Sound Keyboard Application
++
https://springwell.rs/proizvodi/nature-essential-garsinija-kambodza
https://www.howtogeek.com/807862/handy-excel-features/
https://www.ubackup.com/clone/ssd-cloning-freeware-4348.html
Alpine openbox settings:
apk add feh
apk add pcmanfm
apk add firefox
apk add htop
apk add neofetch
apk add geany
nano .config/openbox/autostart
xrandr -s 1360x768 &
feh --bg-fill /home/vlada/s.jpg
apk add feh
apk add pcmanfm
apk add firefox
apk add htop
apk add neofetch
apk add geany
Alpine with twm:
$ echo "exec twm" >> ~/.xinitrc
Usage of Flatpak on Alpine Linux (in terminal manner) for terminal geeks:
You must be root #:flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
First download io.freetubeapp.FreeTube.flatpakref from FreeTube website:
flatpak install flathub /home/vlada/Downloads/io.freetubeapp.FreeTube.flatpakref
flatpak run io.freetubeapp.FreeTube
Or install from flathub:
flatpak search xonotic
flatpak install flathub org.xonotic.Xonotic
flatpak run org.xonotic.Xonotic
flatpak uninstall org.xonotic.Xonotic
flatpak install flathub com.vscodium.codium
You must follow instructions about installing Steam on Alpine=
https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Steam
If you install flatpak first, and after that Steam, there are no problems at all.
As long as you use flatpak and don't compile, applications run perfectly on Alpine.
Musl has no effect on the operation of applications installed via Flatpak.
In order for Steam to work properly, you need to install the graphics drivers first =
https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/NVIDIA
https://github.com/git-sgmoore/AlpineLinux-DailyDriverDesktop
https://github.com/ibuetler/alpine-linux-setup