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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Ive been messing with linux systems for years and immediately found value in it when I started my business a couple years ago. I used to service all the software, hardware issues myself to varying degrees of success but now here I am 20 cpus and a couple servers later. Guess who I’m about to start paying?

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