hacktehplanet

I can't second these experiences. Ubuntu became popular pretty quickly it just haven't been able to retain users. After Mac OS X and then iOS it was likely that the Linux kernel could be the basis for a smart phone, just not most of everything else. And that is also what happened with Android.

What has been said is that the Linux desktop doesn't have enough applications. It doesn't have the most popular and capable packages for engineering or creative work. And that is still true. Desktop operating systems are now more and more of a niche so those who do run them often want to do a verity of things.

> But I have a hard time to understand how increased supply would not have a downward effect on prices.

It does, if that is the only thing that happens. If land owners or existing home owners willingness to sell, prospective renters or buyers willingness to buy, or any number of different things also change then those effects can overshadow an increase in supply. As they frequently do.

Starbucks keeps opening new locations but that doesn't say much to the effect that the price of a cup of coffee will decrease.

The laws of supply and demand only says that an increase in supply will decrease price if everything else remains the same. Since that isn't the reality in housing markets there is nothing in the laws of supply and demand saying prices can't increase more by building more than they otherwise would have.

High quality headset support is supposedly fixed with PipeWire. But yes it was worse for years and years. Screen sharing is still hit and miss. Those saying "it just works" must either not have scratched the surface or forgotten that they did.