> It's a blessing due to the freedom FOSS software provides; not all software is going to fit everybody's needs, and FOSS allows the freedom to modify software tools.
In my view, the lack of singular vision and focus is not something intrinsic to FOSS. When i look like at projects like blender3d, Cpython, linux kernel,LLVM etc... I think a project can be fully OSS, with a degree of cohesion and focus conducive to faster interation and improvements. I would even go as far as saying that the most successfull projects tends to be that way.
The linux desktop space just seems to be particularly fragmented. Seems to be mainly from the historical of a system born mainly from command line space, a weird attachment to a certain "old ways" of doing things etc... And a whole lot of strong personalities too busy bike shedding to see the forest from the tree.
> For example, the transition from X to Wayland would've probably gone smoother if there were a powerful entity that was able to enforce its will among Linux users and developers, but since there is no singular Linux community, the "bazaar" independently adopted Wayland at each project's own pace.
That's fair. A strong leader would have helped. But i think more than a strong leader, a shift in the community culture is more what's needed. But i am not holding my breath. People interested in desktop OS are either using MacOS or windows 11.