[mxavier]

I had to double check the article publish dates. I don't know who the main audience for this site is but if someone told me these screenshots were of state-of-the-art alternative OSes back in 1999 or earlier, I would have believed it in a second.

[merijnv]

Why? Because the definition of state-of-the-art OS is one with a useless Aero/Compiz/whatever 3d graphics Hollywood feel?

IMO, the most exciting OS stuff is far from visible in the UI, let alone screenshots...