I’ve searched for some Linux distros for me to try out, and KISS Linux caught my eye. I tried installing it in a QEMU/KVM virtual machine, but I couldn’t get the kernel to boot regardless of what I did. Here’s some bullet points of what I tried:
- A BIOS install.
- A UEFI install.
- Using
grubas the boot loader.- I’ve also tried installing
grubfrom outside of KISS Linux viagrub-install --boot-directory /mnt/boot /dev/sda
- I’ve also tried installing
- Foregoing a boot loader and using
efibootmgrinstead. - Using the (unmaintained) original KISS repo.
- I was able to boot, but I couldn’t replace the old repo with the
kiss-communityrepo due to mismatching checksums.
- I was able to boot, but I couldn’t replace the old repo with the
I love the idea behind KISS Linux, and I think it might be the end of my distrohopping. If any more information is required, please ask and I’ll try to supply it.
I’d never heard of KISS Linux. Sounds like Gentoo, but a one developer project.
I’m actually using Gentoo right now! The dev that made it (KISS Linux) is on hiatus right now, so the community is maintaining it themselves.