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.
