In fairness, you did say “24 year old Linux” which would put it in the mid 90s camp rather than late 90s.
I wouldn’t agree that Slackware in 2000 was on a par with Windows 2000 though. “Good enough”, sure. But Linux had some annoying quirks and Windows 2000 was a surprisingly good desktop OS (“surprising“ because Microsoft usually fuck up every attempt at systems software). That said, I’d still run FreeBSD in the back end given the choice between Windows 2000 and something UNIX like.
I wouldn’t agree that Slackware in 2000 was on a par with Windows 2000 though. “Good enough”, sure. But Linux had some annoying quirks and Windows 2000 was a surprisingly good desktop OS (“surprising“ because Microsoft usually fuck up every attempt at systems software). That said, I’d still run FreeBSD in the back end given the choice between Windows 2000 and something UNIX like.