Just wanted to say this looks kickass. It is way easier to tear things down than to build them.
Thanks!
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”
#132Not to be dumb, but for a newcomer such as myself who read the blurbs about it being simple to use and develop for, not being able to have a single ISO to download and install is from this point in my Linux Journey, not simple. I'm not making a value judgment as to whether or not I should know how to compile source code and running this on top of another Linux and so fort, but I can intuit my way through installing D…
> It seems like this is simple in terms of 'lightweight for linux pros', not simple as in 'intuitive for users to use'.
That's a common problem with declaring things "simple", and not only for Linux distros.
What's simple in implementation (lightweight and straight to the point) may not be simple for an uninitiated user.
Re: Kiss – A Linux distribution with a focus on “less is more”
#133Not to be dumb, but for a newcomer such as myself who read the blurbs about it being simple to use and develop for, not being able to have a single ISO to download and install is from this point in my Linux Journey, not simple. I'm not making a value judgment as to whether or not I should know how to compile source code and running this on top of another Linux and so fort, but I can intuit my way through installing D…
> It seems like this is simple in terms of 'lightweight for linux pros', not simple as in 'intuitive for users to use'. That's a common problem with declaring things "simple", and not only for Linux distros. What's simple in implementation (lightweight and straight to the point) may not be simple for an uninitiated user.
Basically simple does not necessarily mean "easy to use". The main "easy" element about most simple stuff is "easy to understand" and that is often what is sought after when it comes to simplicity.
Re: Kiss – A Linux distribution with a focus on “less is more”
#134That logo was a terrible idea.
Mainly because it is the easiest (or simplest :-P) part of the entire page to criticize so people do that.
FWIW, personally i like it (though i'd put a frame around it to emphasize the pinup poster girl style) and find it more artistic than most meaningless abstract shapes other projects use.
Re: Kiss – A Linux distribution with a focus on “less is more”
#135potential successor to Alpine for lightweight docker images?
Is it, though? (That's a bit of a meme, sorry.) No, seriously. Why would I choose this over Alpine? Or, given the failure modes of Alpine as a container image, why would I even choose Alpine? Everything in this space is absolute shite.
On closer inspection, it doesn't look like it's a viable alternative. My biggest gripe with Alpine is that it uses musl instead of glibc. Most python C based dependencies require glibc to build. Looks like Kiss uses musl too.
Alpine's been fine though for other uses, Go and Node apps for instance.
Re: Kiss – A Linux distribution with a focus on “less is more”
#136That logo was a terrible idea.
I like it.
Re: Kiss – A Linux distribution with a focus on “less is more”
#137New logo needed. The chopped off head is bad luck in parts of Asia.
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.
I'm having exactly the same problem. Even after reading the description of it below, I can't seem to recognize any shape in it. I'm wondering why is that so: is it something about this image? For me it's just imperscrutabile, just a weird bunch of lines. Weird... or perhaps just bad design.
Re: Kiss – A Linux distribution with a focus on “less is more”
#138Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s a woman with the top of head cropped
A woman who is not fully clothed, because We Are Tech Bros.
This looks to be inspired by pinup poster girls so she's most likely wearing a dress like in [1] but with her right arm on her stomach.
[1] https://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Pinup-Art...
Re: Kiss – A Linux distribution with a focus on “less is more”
#139What are advantages of KISS vs Alpine Linux(also musl/busybox based)?
Re: Kiss – A Linux distribution with a focus on “less is more”
#140Isn't there a distro that's already based on the KISS principle? (Arch Linux)
Is there something that the Kiss distro achieves that Arch doesn't?