I am a control freak. I like to be in control. I got my pilot’s license so I could fly an airplane for fun, but it also helped me understand what is happening when I fly commercial. So now I find myself explaining to other travelers that, while not a normal occurrence, landing with the malfunctioning flaps in the up position is something that all pilots train extensively for. Yes, that is something that happened to my wife and me on a commercial flight a couple of years ago.
And the control goes even further:
You decide which software you install (EDIT: including even system software while in Windows you are normally stuck to the official desktop-software and stuff like that).
With a basic distro (Arch, K1ss etc.) you control even the system conf/setup.
You control even which init/daemon system you use. You don’t like systemd? Then there are distros for that, too.
And you can tweak your kernel.