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 grub as the boot loader.
  • I’ve also tried installing grub from outside of KISS Linux via grub-install --boot-directory /mnt/boot /dev/sda
• Foregoing a boot loader and using efibootmgr instead.
• Using the (unmaintained) original KISS repo.
  • I was able to boot, but I couldn’t replace the old repo with the kiss-community repo due to mismatching checksums.

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.