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

#1

Post by joshuareed » Thu, May 21, 2020, 7:10 AM UTC

Kiss Linux – A distribution with a focus on less is more
k1ss.org

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

#2

Post by airbreather » Thu, May 21, 2020, 8:04 AM UTC

Well all I can say is grandma won't be installing kiss any time soon, looking at the instructions.

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

#3

Post by encom » Thu, May 21, 2020, 8:27 AM UTC

So this is basically Gentoo with precompiled packages.

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

#4

Post by ai_ja_nai » Thu, May 21, 2020, 8:30 AM UTC

Groan. Yet another distribution that fragments the scene with custom everything.

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

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Post by sildur » Thu, May 21, 2020, 8:39 AM UTC

ai_ja_nai wrote: post #4

Groan. Yet another distribution that fragments the scene with custom everything .

Yes, we finally were just about to get Linux on the desktop just the next year, and this distribution ruined everything. Now we will have to wait until 2022 to get Linux on the desktop. Curses!

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

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Post by mszcz » Thu, May 21, 2020, 8:40 AM UTC

airbreather wrote: post #2

Well all I can say is grandma won't be installing kiss any time soon, looking at the instructions.

They sure did keep it simple /s ;)

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

#7

Post by sildur » Thu, May 21, 2020, 8:46 AM UTC

airbreather wrote: post #2

Well all I can say is grandma won't be installing kiss any time soon, looking at the instructions.

Grandma programmed in COBOL (https://timeline.com/women-pioneered-computer-programming-th...) and lisp (https://www.gnu.org/gnu/rms-lisp.html). Don’t be so condescending.

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

#8

Post by ggm » Thu, May 21, 2020, 8:53 AM UTC

Gene Simmons ./tongue -s

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

#9

Post by joshuareed » Thu, May 21, 2020, 8:57 AM UTC

encom wrote: post #3

So this is basically Gentoo with precompiled packages.

Everything is compiled from source with exception to Firefox. Dylan provides optional binaries for it.

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

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Post by speedgoose » Thu, May 21, 2020, 9:05 AM UTC

Can you run Docker and systemd on it?