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KISS


Last Update: 2026-02-26 15:59 UTC

KISS was a meta-distribution which provided a minimal, command-line environment (using BusyBox) and a package manager (called kiss) written in a shell script. The project strived to reduce the size and requirements of packages to provide a lean and more understandable operating system.

Average visitor rating: 10.0/10 from 3 review(s).

KISS Summary
Distribution KISS
Home Page https://kisslinux.org/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums --
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://kisslinux.org/install • https://kisslinux.org/wiki
Screenshots DistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts
Download Mirrors https://github.com/kisslinux/repo/releases/ • DistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker https://github.com/kisslinux/repo/issues
Related Websites --
Reviews 1.9.x: DistroWatch
Where To Donate, Buy or Try

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Feature 2021.7 2020.9
Release Date 2021-07-02 2020-09-04
End Of Life    
Price (US$) Free Free
Image Size (MB) 0-50 0-50
Free Download Tarball Tarball
Installation Text mode Text mode
Default Desktop -- --
Default Browser -- --
Package Format    
Package Management kiss kiss
Release Model Rolling Rolling
Office Suite -- --
Processor Architecture x86_64 aarch64, armv7, i686, x86_64
Init Software BusyBox BusyBox
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4
Multilingual en en
Full Package List 2021.7 2020.9
Package 2021.7 2020.9
alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) -- 1.2.2
amdgpu (25.0.0) -- --
apparmor (4.1.7) -- --
apt (3.2.0) -- --
bash (5.3) -- --
bind (9.20.22) -- --
chromium (147.0.7727.55) -- --
cinnamon (6.6.7) -- --
cups (2.4.16) -- --
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) -- 1.45.6
ffmpeg (8.1) -- 4.2.2
firefox (149.0.2) -- 68.7.0
flatpak (1.16.6) -- --
freetype (2.14.3) -- --
gcc (15.2.0) 11.1.0 10.2.0
gimp (3.2.2) -- --
git (2.53.0) 2.32.0 2.28.0
glibc (2.43) -- --
gnome-shell (50.0) -- --
grub (2.14) -- 2.04
gtk (4.22.2) -- 2.24.32
httpd (2.4.66) -- --
inkscape (1.4.3) -- --
kmod (34.2) -- --
krita (6.0.1) -- --
LibreOffice (26.2.2) -- --
Package 2021.7 2020.9
libselinux (3.10) -- --
linux (6.19.11) -- --
mariadb (12.2.2) -- --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- --
mesa (26.0.4) -- 20.0.4
mysql (9.6.0) -- --
nautilus (50.0) -- --
NVIDIA (595.58.03) -- --
openjdk (26) -- --
openssh (10.3p1) -- 8.2p1
openssl (3.6.2) -- --
perl (5.42.2) -- 5.30.2
php (8.5.5) -- --
plasma-desktop (6.6.4) -- --
postfix (3.11.1) -- --
postgresql (18.3) -- --
Python (3.14.4) -- 3.8.2
qt (6.11.0) -- --
samba (4.24.0) -- --
systemd (260.1) -- --
thunderbird (149.0.2) -- --
vim (9.2) -- .
vlc (3.0.23) -- --
wayland (1.25.0) -- --
xfdesktop (4.20.2) -- --
xorg-server (21.1.21) -- --


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