I think there is something wrong with some of the major distros. I got really fed up with Ubuntu because of random junk running without my approval and eventually migrated to Arch simply because I have a lot more control over configuration. I don't mean to trash one distro over another because each one has its strengths and weaknesses, but I'm been surprised at how bloated the average Linux install is these days. I'd love it if there was more attention paid to it.