Kwort Linux

Kwort Linux
OS family Linux
Working state Current
Initial release 22 January 2006 (2006-01-22)[1]
Latest release 4.3.3[2][3] / 16 May 2018 (2018-05-16)
Package manager kpkg[2]
Default user interface Openbox[1]
Official website kwort.org

Kwort is a Linux distribution, based on CRUX.[2][4] Kwort's desktop environment is Openbox.[1]

Features

The distribution is available for download as a dual-arch, installable-only Live CD ISO image of approximately 450MB in size, suitable for both old 32-bit (i386) and modern 64-bit (x86_64) computers. It has a basic boot screen, text-mode graphic installer and uses old school session powered by Xfce.[5]

System requirements

Here the next system requirements of Kwort:[6]

Package manager

Kwort Linux using the pkg package manager.[2][7] The pkg can download and install the packages from Kwort's repository mirrors or other repository mirror. Package system have a basic, like a installing and removing, or advanced features.

Reception

Tux Machines reviewed Kwort Linux in March 2006.[8] Here was wrote:

Not long after booting the install cd I became aware that Kwort is based on Slackware. They use a slightly simplified Slackware installer. Basically, only the target partition is asked before the install begins and then it installs a base system. Afterwhich it asks about your dialup modem, network configuration, and lilo choices. Upon boot it walks the user through configuration of alsa, root password, and an user account before it asks for the install cd again.

Tux Machines also reviewed Kwort Linux in 2007.[9]

Jesse Smith wrote review of Kwort 4.3 for DistroWatch Weekly:[10]

The installation instructions let us know that we will need to do a bit of manual work to get a fresh copy of Kwort up and running. At times the instructions are sparse and I recommend reading the on-line copy of the installation guide as it fills in some of the blanks. Kwort does not have a system installer and so we find ourselves using command line utilities to partition the hard drive, format disk partitions and mount the areas of the disk where we plan to install the distribution. We then run a command called "pkgsinstall" which copies the base operating system onto our waiting hard drive. We then need to manually edit our fstab file and the system's configuration file, rc.conf, to make sure it has our correct keyboard layout and time zone. Another command sets the root password. Next, we need to decide which boot loader to install (LILO or GRUB), along with supporting packages, and run commands to install the boot loader and configure it. Again, the installation steps are a bit vague here and I recommend visiting the on-line documentation to see examples of how best to proceed. Assuming we successfully get a boot loader installed we can then reboot the computer and begin exploring Kwort.

See also

References

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