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I also started with Slackware on floppies. These days it's Slackware on DVD.
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Which is ironic, considering Linux and Unix-alike operating systems are supposed to be built on what is widely known as the "Unix Philosophy". The idea that software should be simple but at the same time, correct, consistent and complete. The moment you overlay concepts like "ease of use" and "slick interface" and "backwards compatible", the philosophy goes out the window and you end up with bloat. This is why operating systems today are huge juggernauts, because of layers and layers of abstraction.
With respect to the original topic, I honestly don't see why the NSA would care about whether people use Linux or not. It's not the only freely available open-source operating system out there.