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Exploring the Lightweight Alpine Linux in Virtual Box
- Alpine Linux is an independent distribution that uses OpenRC as the init system and BusyBox by default. It is popular as a container distro since the base docker image is only 5 MB.
- In this tutorial, the author explains how to install Alpine Linux with Xfce desktop in VirtualBox.
- First, download the x86_64 Virt ISO that is made specifically for virtual machine setups.
- Then set up the VirtualBox VM with Alpine ISO. Next, start the VM and login as root to begin the text-based install.
- During installation, you will go through several steps like keyboard layout, interface selection, root password, timezone settings, SSH settings, partitioning the disk, etc.
- Once installed, you will land in the console since there is no desktop installed yet. To set up a minimal Xfce desktop and LightDM display manager, install Nano editor using 'apk add nano'.
- After editing and tweaking some config files, enable the community repositories and install the Xfce and related packages.
- Now start the LightDM using 'rc-service lightdm start'. If your LightDM GUI has started and prompts a login, log in as root and open a terminal. Next, run the command to enable LightDM to start up during boot.
- If you want to allow the users to shut down the machine or reboot the system, you need to have polkit-elogind and elogind installed.
- Finally, reboot the system to run Alpine Linux.
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