1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ Toksyuryel (toksyuryel) http://rainbowdash.net/toksyuryel http://rainbowdash.net/notice/1516510 @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/6761" class="url" title="My real name"><span class="fn nickname">pony</span></a></span> They all give you control but different distros give you control in different ways and some make it very difficult to exercise that control. Ubuntu is a prime example of a distro that really don't want you messing with it. On the other end of the spectrum, Gentoo forces you to mess with it thoroughly. Generally speaking, the more control a distro gives you the more work it is to set up and maintain.