eli5: How do Open Source/Linux companies make money?

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Maybe more specifically, how can I use Ubuntu “for free”, how can Ubuntu afford to just offer up the OS for nothing? Is it really just all donations from nice people?

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There are certain premium options (for Ubuntu it’s more aggressive auto security updates and support) which they charge more. They also will charge companies which want to embed Ubuntu within their product (for example, a hardware device runs Linux for a security system).

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