It seems that a lot of people have a problem with Linux, and FOSS at large, not having a central governing body telling users what they should be using and how they should be using it.
Rather than a central authority making all the mayor choices, there are a series of communities building what works for them. An contrary to popular belief, most of those use common code much more often than not. Only on certain areas, where there is no other way or because it was decided like that, not compatible code is made for that particular part of the program.
Linux is not broken, as much as it's customized to the needs of a particular community or group. But the baseline is compatible to all distros, so most software will work with most of them. Only the software that's coded for a specific distro, or user interface, won't be available for all distros.
The fact that communities, and individuals, can make choices about where they want to take the software they use is not a weakness. It's actually a mayor strength, since it gives the user the control over what goes on her or his computer.
Users should be the ones making choices about what they run on their computers, and forming communities around those needs to be able to service them. If they want to move to another community for whatever reason, it's up to the user to make the choice.
There is no need for a central body to direct what users need. If there should be a central body, is to give the standards to build software that can work nicely with all platforms.
Control over each user system, should always remain with the user.
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