2000 was about the time I discovered Linux. Looking back, it's jarring how much the desktop distros tried to emulate the latest version of Windows. I think the current distros are guilty of the same mistake. Rather than trying to advance the desktop environment, they (Gnome + KDE) simply reproduce the familiar behaviors of Windows and OS X. I can understand the strategy. But after 9 years, are converts actually being made, or would it be more effective to innovate?

I don't get that feeling of copycatting from something like Ubuntu with a few Compiz bells-and-whistles turned on. Instead I get Windows and Mac users drooling at the eye candy. Granted, that's just eye candy.

Netbook remix looks awesome, for what it is, also.

Netbook remix is awesome. Makes the 7" screen on my eee much more useable.

What a major flashback. It's been only 9 years, and it feels like an eternity.

I think it's interesting that it is difficult to tell the distros apart from the screenshots. Regardless of whether they are running KDE or Gnome, they all have similar panels and window themes.

No Slackware? I declare the list incomplete!

I think Slack went through a pretty dry spell in 2000.

Absolutely. Still the best distro.

I love the fact that all distros were on a 2.2 kernel and debian was on 2.0. Some things never change.

Well you could always have just used testing like the rest of us. :)