Isn't this really more the windowing environments and the driver support? Gone are the days when it was difficult to get a working UNIX installation, thanks to Linux, but as far as the kernel is concerned, I was happy with Solaris, NetBSD, HP-UX. Some might argue SE was a welcome addition, but for me it's the first thing I disable.
I know there have been a large number of features added to the kernel over the years, and support for new hardware, but those developments have also happened with the other flavors of UNIX.
I guess my point is, did the world really need another flavor of UNIX?
I think I personally have been more impacted by LT for having authored git. Even though I write this on Chrome running on Ubuntu. I'd have been just as happy to have installed any other Unix flavor.
I know there have been a large number of features added to the kernel over the years, and support for new hardware, but those developments have also happened with the other flavors of UNIX.
I guess my point is, did the world really need another flavor of UNIX?
I think I personally have been more impacted by LT for having authored git. Even though I write this on Chrome running on Ubuntu. I'd have been just as happy to have installed any other Unix flavor.