> My mistake then, doesn't change the point of my remark, as the OP was Indeed asserting any distro.

It was supposed to be hyperbole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole

I took it as obvious that I was excluding specialised distros.

> so I am quite aware of the tweaking that never went away.

What tweaking? People tweak WIndows too.

As the comment further up this thread pointed out, you need to tweak Windows to make it " functional and unobtrusive operating system."