That is a good point, it's still Emacs after all. These distributions do provide the ability to add the features you might need (Org-Mode, python or ruby suppo

That is a good point, it's still Emacs after all. These distributions do provide the ability to add the features you might need (Org-Mode, python or ruby support, etc.) without having to download a bunch of files of Elisp and code up a configuration file from scratch. Many require some binaries to be installed (like ruby or python) but a lot of people will have them installed already.