I have started using Linux recently and have been enjoying the open-source nature of it. I was browsing a website called [distrowatch.com](http://distrowatch.com) that has hundreds of Linux distros. All of them are free to use (ubuntu, debian, Kali, Quebes, Tails, etc.) How are they maintained if it doesn’t cost anything to download and install them?
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Everybody is saying volunteers, and that’s a big part of it, but it’s actually a bit complex. There are tons of volunteers maintaining many distros, but a lot of work on Linux is also done by companies who use Linux and companies that sell Linux.
Canonical maintains Ubuntu, and Red Hat maintains Fedora. It’s open source software, but there’s still money to be made selling set up and support services to businesses. These companies employ hundreds of people and commit tons of code that everybody integrates.
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