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 Long long ago, the Linux kernel was released with its source code for free to the world. The linux kernel does not do much on its own, but by pairing it with other free open source tools, drivers and programs such as those from GNU, you get a modern operating system primarily for the Intel x86/64 processors but also many other processor vendors. Putting the kernel and hundreds of other free tools or drivers together is not easy and thus, we had the rise of distribution or Linux Distros. Many distros were maintained by volunteers but others also had commercial companies behind them. It didn't make sense to sell a distro back then, due to Windows's monopoly, the distro's not being very polished or easy to use and most importantly made of free open source software which anyone else could easily copy to sell a competing product. So how could these distro companies make money, well, by selling support licenses. Linux would have failed a long time ago if it wasn't for its fr