How to pay for Linux
Now you may be thinking, after reading the title of this article, about why should you pay for a free operating system. After all it is made for free, distributed for free and you are freely able to modify it. You are free to take it and you are free to leave it. So why should you pay for it?
Now you may be thinking, after reading the title of this article, about why should you pay for a free operating system. After all it is made for free, distributed for free and you are freely able to modify it. You are free to take it and you are free to leave it. So why should you pay for it?
Perhaps you wish to give something back to repay those who have voluntarily spent thousands of hours to produce quality software for free. Yes, I do say quality software. When you compare it to commercial proprietary offerings it is at least equal in terms of available functionality and I would say superior in terms of stability and security.
With commercial operating systems you have no choice. You pay the bucks and you are given a copy of an operating system you can use, not own. With Linux and BSD, as well as other lesser known operating systems under the FOSS umbrella, you have a copy of an operating system for zero monetary value and it is yours to do as you wish with it.
While undoubtedly most of you would start using Linux, shout SCORE, FREE STUFF, and not think any more about it, there are some who have taken Linux into their hearts (gee I sounded like an evangelist there and wish to give back to the community.
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