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dub3's pixel tribute to DistroWatch in 2006: a Web 2.0-era database
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2006 page

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DistroWatch (2006)

Now with 40% more bandwidth.

Cost
3 RAM
Power
5
Rarity
Rare
Family
Tech
Era
Web 2.0 (2003 to 2008)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

On reveal: Your opponent can't play here next round.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

A locked lane takes no cards next round.

It costs 3 RAM to play and brings 5 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Tech cards bend the rules: more RAM, cheaper cards and patches that weaken the other side.

The site, in 2006

A website that tracks Linux and other free Unix-like operating systems, with news, comparison charts and page-hit rankings.

It covers several hundred distributions. Its own hit rankings, it says, are a light-hearted measure of interest rather than of use or quality. Ladislav Bodnar has maintained it since it launched.

In 2006: Bodnar still wrote the weekly DistroWatch Weekly himself, until November 2008. The Donations Program, started in March 2004, was two years old.

Web 2.0 era, 2003 to 2008. Rounded corners, reflections and drop shadows. Everything was social, and everything was in beta.

The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2006 page.

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2006, then plays a short scene. Want DistroWatch in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.

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