Yes and no. Yes, in the sense, that if you want, you can eventually make it the way you want. No in the sense, that others won't do it for you; they will make

Yes and no. Yes, in the sense, that if you want, you can eventually make it the way you want. No in the sense, that others won't do it for you; they will make linux distribution the way they consider it best, not how you consider it the best. So if you want to pick and choose the components the way you want and not the way the distributions consider the best, be ready to put in the manhours.