Desktop Linux succeeding (if we're talking about mainstream consumer use) seems like it would be too late at this point. We need mobile Linux on phones, tablets

Desktop Linux succeeding (if we're talking about mainstream consumer use) seems like it would be too late at this point. We need mobile Linux on phones, tablets, and AR/VR devices to succeed. And this is where it gets confusing to me. 'Linux' to me is for general purpose computing, a creators platform. Mainstream consumer mobile devices are not that, because many/most users don't need it to be. The closest thing that might be a mobile creator-capable device is the iPad Pro or Surface Tablet. Desktop Linux was an elusive but seemingly achievable/well-defined target. A mobile Linux to catch up to an iPad Pro for general users seems much less well defined or achievable. Even starting with Android (AOSP) doesn't seem close to a creators device. A good device in the meantime could be a (open/degoogled/jailbroken) Android phone that works well in some desktop mode connected to a USB-C display and bluetooth kb/mouse running standard Linux server and development software. This view (and I) may be too old and instead that device only needs to be a client for cloud-based development. TL;DR the Linux Desktop ship has sailed, aim for the next target.