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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 baked_ziti »

holstvoogd wrote: post #87
knocte wrote: post #76

Keep making the biggest problem of Linux bigger, please... Yeah, this problem is "fragmentation", and it is not solved with "simplicity".

This kind of distro is exactly the point of FOSS & Linux imo. Diversity of ideas breeds innovation and competition, we need that. Otherwise linux will at some point go the way of browsers, with everything effectively owned by google/microsoft/whatever and a big fat artificial lock-in.

In addition, this kind of project is emblematic of the hobbyist nature (and origin) of linux. When that's no longer possible, the fun and interest, for me at least, is dead. And when I get gently pushed into some kind of software standardization I can't opt out of, I'm going return to windows.

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

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Post by cyborgx7 »

knocte wrote: post #76

Keep making the biggest problem of Linux bigger, please... Yeah, this problem is "fragmentation", and it is not solved with "simplicity".

If you want to get rid of "fragmentation" to make linux "win", you get rid of a big part of what makes linux "winning" a desireable goal in the first place.

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

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Post by reacweb »

Before deciding to try a new distribution, I want to know which important application it supports or not. I assume it supports usual stuff like ssh, vim, emacs, python, ruby, node, but does it support chrome, firefox, visual studio code, docker, virtual box ?

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

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Post by tom_mellior »

jamiek88 wrote: post #75
Nr7 wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been staring at the logo for a few minutes now and I cannot make head or tails of it. It just looks like a random squiggle to me.

It’s a woman with the top of head cropped

A woman who is not fully clothed, because We Are Tech Bros.

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

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Post by knocte »

nineteen999 wrote: post #98
knocte wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, that's not the point of FOSS. Having a right doesn't mean that you have to exercise it for the sake of it. When I use/advocate Linux and other FOSS apps it's because ultimately I'll be able to fix any issue that they have, or that nobody will be able to take it the software away from me. But I'm not creating patches for every piece of software I use. We developers should grow past that point, the reason why so ma…

Really, there are de-facto standards. If you are a big corporate enterprise, like a bank, the standard is going to be RHEL. If you're conservative organization but don't want to pay for licenses or support, you're probably going to go with a RHEL clone like CentOS, or worse, Oracle Linux. If you're a trendy Web 2.1 startup you'll probably go with Ubuntu or containers of Alpine Linux etc. EDIT: source - been doing Lin…

Your comment is the best illustration of what fragmentation means.

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

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Post by rndgermandude »

AlexDragusin wrote: post #43
geowwy wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

This is no issue of politically correctness, it's an issue of poor branding - if this is meant for a serious project, which I get the feeling the author intends to be perceived as.

It can be a serious project, and yet not aimed at corporate.

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

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Post by sprash »

xelxebar wrote: post #53
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've been using Void Linux[0] for a few years now. It's philosophically aimed at being a minimal distro for power users. Design choices: * Rolling release * Custom package manager: XBPS with binary package repository. It's pretty darn good IMHO. * Minimal init process: runit * LibreSSL (vs OpenSSL) * User can choose standard library: Glibc or musl * Prefer dash over bash in system scripts You get the drift. The bigge…

You forgot to mention they have a very sane package hirachy that always draws as few dependencies as possible. Many self proclaimed "minimalist" distros will immediately become bloated as soon as you install one package not in the base system.
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