When I was a complete beginner and I needed to install something on my Ubuntu machine, I went online and typed in “How to install <software name> on Ubuntu” and it led me to a page with some commands which looked like this I was just happy that I was able to type something in the Terminal and it actually worked! I did not pay much attention to what I actually typed in. I guess to beginners, it just feels like a magic spell to get something installed! As time went on, so many of my google searches led to...

When I was a complete beginner and I needed to install something on my Fedora or CentOS machine, I went online and typed in “How to install <software name> on Fedora” and it led me to a page with some commands which looked like this and sometimes the commands go like this instead And when we wish to update a particular command, the online instructions are presented sometimes like this and some other times like this I was just happy that I was able to type something in the Terminal and it actually worked! I did not pay much attention...

When I was a complete beginner and I needed to install something on my Ubuntu machine, I went online and typed in “How to install <software name> on Ubuntu” and it led me to a page with some commands which looked like this I was just happy that I was able to type something in the Terminal and it actually worked! I did not pay much attention to what I actually typed in. I guess to beginners, it just feels like a magic spell to get something installed! As time went on, so many of my google searches led to...

When I was a complete beginner and I needed to install something on my Ubuntu machine, I went online and typed in “How to install <software name> on Ubuntu” and it led me to a page with some commands which looked like this I was just happy that I was able to type something in the Terminal and it actually worked! I did not pay much attention to what I actually typed in. I guess to beginners, it just feels like a magic spell to get something installed! As time went on, so many of my google searches led to...

In the last article, we saw how bigger organizations like RedHat and Google built their businesses around open-source Linux distros. If you haven’t read that already then go-ahead to the link below and once you finish reading it, come back to this one. How Do Linux Distros Make Money? Strategies Explained! To recap it briefly the strategies and principles big companies use to make money from open-source Linux distros are the following. Top 5 Strategies To Monetize Linux Distros Strategy#1: Keep it free and keep the monetization as unobtrusive as possible Strategy#2: Have a vibrant community following Strategy#3: Tie open source software with...

Let’s look at the Linux Distros from a business perspective and analyze some of the strategies that companies use to monetize their products in this article. Linux is an open-source project and as such anyone is free to use the code available online to make their own distros. But the development of any professional software needs a lot of time and effort. Do the developers who work on these Linux distros do it purely for fun? How are these open-source projects supported? Is it possible to make money through Linux distros? If yes then how? Can Linux and open source...