The Five Distros That Changed Linux | Linux Magazine
I like this stroll down memory lane of significant Linux distro releases. I have to say as an avid Ubuntu user (and full disclosure, a Canonical employee) that I'm really partial to this ending up at Ubuntu, which is said within the article to be "arguably the most popular Linux of all time." So YMMV with the article. There is, though, a good sense of where the state of Linux is today based on the releases mentioned here. A good article for that reason, regardless of your Linux distro preferences.
