Sorry about leaving this excellent comment without a reply. I completely agree, and overstated things by saying GNU was moribund.
The great thing about Linux was not just it was accessible and so on, but that it fit on (iirc) 4 1.44mb floppy disks and so you could get it up and running in under an hour.
The great thing about Linux was not just it was accessible and so on, but that it fit on (iirc) 4 1.44mb floppy disks and so you could get it up and running in under an hour.