What's wrong with Debian 12 compared to 11? Been away from Linux (Android aside) since Artix last killed my computer with a botched GRUB update back in July of last year, and only recently returned after using Atlas (debloated Shitblows for gamers) on another computer.

BSD is still mostly gatekept, with Free being the exception since it's the most recognizable derivative. Just like there are plenty of soyd-free Linux distros, there are some that will support Xorg until the end of time; Wayland is just there to have a modern display driver for modern computing needs, since X11 has been around since the late 1980s.

It's harder for Linux users who want an operating system operating close to the "Unix" philosophy to find them, and harder still to find ones that both don't suck and are somewhat easy (but not too simple) to install. Surprised to hear you gave up thr phone though, were you not running Graphene or CalyxOS on it?