Idk, I like NixOS but it's not problem-free and the worst part about it is that for some problems you won't have much luck finding help in many places and on top of that the documentation isn't the greatest. That said I have found less very serious issues, but also because I haven't messed with it as much as Arch.
Well kinda obvious, if you like windows you won't bother to look up other systems and hardly will you switch off of it. And as long as windows will come preinstalled in people's PC Linux will always be seen as the rebel choice.
Last sentence makes no sense tbh, the only way we can't be the alternative to windoes is by not being an operating system.
May I recommend Proton Mail? I used gmail for years then decided to finally switch and it was easier than I thought, tho tbf I also don't have a lot of people who need to email me, it was mostly services where it's easier to tell them to switch over to the other mail.
Xwayland is a thing, and nobody stops you from installing Xorg if you wanted. They're just dropping official support so they can focus that energy to Wayland instead.
Also not all Xorg features should be ported.
I have found Wayland will work for 99% of users who aren't gamers, all the major programs work well, ironically Wayland has been worse for gaming so far for me on the underpowered laptop, but that's due to it having to run also through xwayland, which will be a problem solved by Valve pretty soon as they don't have to worry about Xorg anymore and can make proton work better for Wayland.
It's moreso that they have some abandonware that only works on windows XP.
Windows XP itself is abandonware and you shouldn't use it in any other case, just use Linux if you don't like newer windows. You certainly aren't doing any photoshopping on XP nowadays so that's no concern.
I mean, they're never gonna be finished if people don't migrate to them and work on them. A lot of the wayland issues like "wayland breaks X" is because of the devs of said app rather than wayland itself. Kinda like adobe products and Linux, it ain't linux that's breaking them.
I'd say more likely it's labs, hospitals, and other scientific stuff where you have to deal with old instruments cause lack of money. I'm fairly certain the military uses some other OS, I believe NATO uses Solaris for example.
I mean, usually when I need something immediately I just walk 5 minutes to the physical store and buy it.
I don't even remember a time where I needed to get something I needed immediately from Amazon. In fact, if I am getting anything from amazon it's probably because it wasn't possible to find it elsewhere and that's usually not something so important it needs same/next-day delivery.
Idk, I like NixOS but it's not problem-free and the worst part about it is that for some problems you won't have much luck finding help in many places and on top of that the documentation isn't the greatest. That said I have found less very serious issues, but also because I haven't messed with it as much as Arch.