For what it's worth, I completely disagree with this site. Even if you only look at Linux as a kernel, one can compile it with whatever combination of options o

For what it's worth, I completely disagree with this site. Even if you only look at Linux as a kernel, one can compile it with whatever combination of options one likes. But Linux is an entire ecosystem, not just a kernel. One of the advantages to the openness of the Linux ecosystem is that there are usually at least two options for whenever there could conceivably be a choice. I like that opportunity for customization. When people say Linux is not about choice, I usually find it's because they're defending systemd. I'll be the first to admit that systemd has some good ideas. But I don't like how it spreads like kudzu across the system until common, low-level programs depend on systemd and systemd depends on their own versions of those programs instead of relying on a commonly agreed upon interface.