The Linux ecosystem is having a similar identity crisis as Microsoft and Apple. Some are of the opinion it should be mobile first, desktop first, or server/IOT/

The Linux ecosystem is having a similar identity crisis as Microsoft and Apple. Some are of the opinion it should be mobile first, desktop first, or server/IOT/embedded. These are all competing concerns and will lead to further fragmentation in an already fragmented ecosystem. The design of libadwaita is very reminiscent of the time I was at Apple. Around the time they decided to unify the codebase and lay off the entire OS X team and reorg it into a new software team. I noticed the design changes as part of dogfooding internal OS X versions and design changes were jarring to say the least. In short, a product cannot be all things to all people. It should play to its strengths and delight it’s existing and new customers/users.