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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If you need to make your free software better for your own needs, or your company needs a specific improvement, why not give it back to the project?
If you need to improve your coding and want to learn how to work in a team, why not do it on a Linux?
If you use lots of bits of software but the core tools cost too much, why not write your own and give them away?
If you sell hardware, why not write drivers for the stuff you sell and give them away for free?
Free software exists because enough people need free software enough to write it.
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