I wouldn't use "beloved" to describe X, not when even its developers say "it's time to switch to Wayland".
As for Linux and choice, its desktop market share is barely above statistical noise. Platforms which limit choice, such as Windows and Mac, are much more widely used. This is because, as it turns out, consistency is preferable to choice when developing a platform. It makes it easier to run new desktop apps, it makes software integration easier, and it even makes requisitioning IT or devops personnel easier because their skills more readily translate between jobs and environments.
So the chaos of development in the 90s is settling into a focus on a few well-supported software components. This includes systemd for the startup daemon and Wayland for the display server. Everything else will be in semi-legacy status, and you will see brokenness or limited functionality in other software if you stray from the community-accepted path.
Welcome to life with a mainstream, modern operating system.
As for Linux and choice, its desktop market share is barely above statistical noise. Platforms which limit choice, such as Windows and Mac, are much more widely used. This is because, as it turns out, consistency is preferable to choice when developing a platform. It makes it easier to run new desktop apps, it makes software integration easier, and it even makes requisitioning IT or devops personnel easier because their skills more readily translate between jobs and environments.
So the chaos of development in the 90s is settling into a focus on a few well-supported software components. This includes systemd for the startup daemon and Wayland for the display server. Everything else will be in semi-legacy status, and you will see brokenness or limited functionality in other software if you stray from the community-accepted path.
Welcome to life with a mainstream, modern operating system.