I'm the same way as far as my habits (using ssh, went back to debian because Canonical was getting a bit too commercial ), but that doesn't mean that they could

I'm the same way as far as my habits (using ssh, went back to debian because Canonical was getting a bit too commercial ), but that doesn't mean that they couldn't find some niches that would do well. Software that runs on Linux that I've seen people pay for: Accounting and Bookkeeping Medical Billing/Practice Management POS/Retail Inventory Management Industrial Control Management Interfaces Are you seeing a theme? Boring useful software that needs to be maintained to keep up, and software that talks to other systems.