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>Linux isn't "marketed" because Linux communities are not commercial companies Don't want to sound too harsh or nothing but the reality of the situation is that you are so wrong.
Take a look at who's actually behind the Linux Foundation, or more correctly: The Linux CORPORATION - because that's what it is, linuxfoundation.org/membership/members/
As for actual GNU/Linux distributions: You're somewhat right about Debian. Yes, Debian is a community distribution. Fedora and RHEL are products from IBM. There is no "community" that matter around those, if IBM wants to go one direction then that's where those go. The same applies to Ubuntu, it's owned and controlled by Canonical. SUSE is also owned and controlled by a for-profit corporation.
These corporations are, in fact, doing various forms of marketing. That's what you do when you want to promote commercial products. Of course, it is advantageous to pretend that Ubuntu is a community effort like Debian and that is part of their marketing.
Oliver Hernandez
>As for actual GNU/Linux distributions Actual GNU/Linux distributions IS GNU/Linux, end of story. >Take a look at Take a look at: gnu.org fsf.org these are reliable community websites that reflect GNU/Linux community's interests.
