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Author: phoebos <ben@bvnf.space>
Date:   Thu,  5 Jun 2025 15:22:35 +0100

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diff --git a/wiki/index.md b/wiki/index.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ KISS Linux is a meta-distribution created by Dylan Araps, featuring the `kiss` p
 
 > [KISS Linux](https://kisslinux.github.io/) is an independent Linux(R) distribution with a focus on simplicity and the concept of less is more.
 
+KISS uses a concise plain-text package system which is parsed by the small, portable, and self-contained [package manager](kiss/package-manager/) written in POSIX shell.
+By default, KISS is based on musl libc and busybox, but there's no lock-in to specific software; everything can be replaced.
+The [main repository](https://codeberg.org/kiss-community/repo) is a small and opinionated base of packages which users can build upon to suit their needs.
+
 We're on IRC at #kisslinux on [libera.chat](irc://irc.libera.chat) ([logs are available here](https://libera.irclog.whitequark.org/kisslinux)).
 
 ## Important links
diff --git a/wiki/kiss/history/index.md b/wiki/kiss/history/index.md
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+# A Brief History of KISS Linux
+
+You might wonder why there is such a separation between official KISS and the KISS Community.
+
+- May 2019: Dylan Araps creates puke, a "new package manager experiment"
+- Jun 2019: puke is renamed kiss
+- ...
+- Nov 2020: Dylan disappears
+- Feb 2021: Dilyn Corner is elected as the leader of the community
+- Jun-Jul 2021: Dylan reappears, Dilyn steps back
+- Dec 2021: Dylan disappears
+- Apr 2024: Dylan took up farming.
+
+Now the community is run by a small group.
diff --git a/wiki/kiss/index.md b/wiki/kiss/index.md
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 # KISS
 
+- [history](history/)
 - [install](install/)
 - [package-manager](package-manager/)
 - [style-guide](style-guide/)
diff --git a/wiki/kiss/package-manager/index.md b/wiki/kiss/package-manager/index.md
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 # KISS Package Manager
 
 Some extra information which isn't available on <https://kisslinux.github.io/wiki/package-manager>.
+See also [universe](../universe/) for other implementations of kiss.
 
 ## [%[0.0]] Index