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Kiss – A Linux distribution with a focus on “less is more”

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Re: Kiss – A Linux distribution with a focus on “less is more”

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Post by RandomBacon »

Ominous's screenshot looks amazing. Does anyone know what (software/gui/manager/idk) is?

Even though I've been using Linux (Ubuntu) as my daily driver for the past several years, I really son't know too much about it such as how to ask the right question about desktop manager(?). The install instructions look detailed enough that I could probably figure it out. I will bookmark this, because I want to buy a laptop, amd it might be interesting to try to build/install this as an experiment first.

Re: Kiss – A Linux distribution with a focus on “less is more”

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Post by geowwy »

reificator wrote: post #16

That logo makes it a non-starter in any organization I've seen in the last decade.

  > That logo makes it a non-starter in any organization I've seen in the last decade.
Could be what they're going for. There's a subset of the free software movement who are actively opposed to politically correct corporate culture.

Re: Kiss – A Linux distribution with a focus on “less is more”

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Post by pnako »

reificator wrote: post #16

That logo makes it a non-starter in any organization I've seen in the last decade.

Regardless of that logo, those north-American organizations would not be running a minimalist Linux distro written by a single guy in the first place, but some sort of Lovecraftian Kubernetes setup involving redundancy everywhere, especially in the software stack.

Re: Kiss – A Linux distribution with a focus on “less is more”

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Post by oneplane »

thrower123 wrote: post #19

What is the standard pick these days for a no-frills, stripped back, but still usable Linux distribution? One that doesn't start with much, but isn't boiling the ocean like Arch or Slack if you want to add more? I used to like Xubuntu, but this was like a decade ago at this point.

I still go for a minimal Debian install, or even CentOS. Both still usable because you can add a basic DE if you like, and have something like FireFox if needed.

Re: Kiss – A Linux distribution with a focus on “less is more”

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Post by geowwy »

userbinator wrote: post #24
reificator wrote: post #16

That logo makes it a non-starter in any organization I've seen in the last decade.

Rorschach test? There's another comment here saying it's sexist, but after staring at it for a few minutes all I can see is some sort of odd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_of_the_horns in the middle; which might be because the name made me think of the band.

It was definitely intended to be a pinup girl leaning over and doing the stereotypical kiss. It's not a matter of interpretation.

Re: Kiss – A Linux distribution with a focus on “less is more”

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Post by pnako »

RandomBacon wrote: post #31

Ominous's screenshot looks amazing. Does anyone know what (software/gui/manager/idk) is? Even though I've been using Linux (Ubuntu) as my daily driver for the past several years, I really son't know too much about it such as how to ask the right question about desktop manager(?). The install instructions look detailed enough that I could probably figure it out. I will bookmark this, because I want to buy a laptop, am…

It says it in the screenshot :) catwm

Re: Kiss – A Linux distribution with a focus on “less is more”

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Post by pnako »

geowwy wrote: post #36
userbinator wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Rorschach test? There's another comment here saying it's sexist, but after staring at it for a few minutes all I can see is some sort of odd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_of_the_horns in the middle; which might be because the name made me think of the band.

It was definitely intended to be a pinup girl leaning over and doing the stereotypical kiss. It's not a matter of interpretation.

It's clearly a view from above of a pterodactyl stuck in a canyon because its wings are too large.

Re: Kiss – A Linux distribution with a focus on “less is more”

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Post by RandomBacon »

klyrs wrote: post #7
toyg wrote: post #4

Isn’t that a bit of a sexist logo...?

Only if staring at boobs and failing to make eye contact with women is sexist Edit: that's a yes. Because apparently that isn't obvious to some folks around here

I think that's just "sexual", not "sexist."
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