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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It’s like a cheap printer where you pay less for the printer than it is worth, but more for the ink than it is worth. Once they’ve got you hooked on the OS you will be more likely to call them for help when you need to do something quick, especially if you are a business or scientific institution. Still a lot cheaper than Microsoft or Apple products, but when you need an update to support a new printer or something somebody has to support it somehow.

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