The community is what makes Linux great regardless of the distro. It is people helping other people without the prospect of monetary gain for a motivation. I have gone through phases of using Linux off and on for approximately the last 5 years and every time I start using Linux again (I have used a couple of different distros) The community has always been there to help me when I run into an issue. I agree with Harry that Linux has a certain mysticism about it but it also has the community to lend a hand when you run into something you cant figure out on your own or find documentation for.

I love the idea of a worldwide community making software available, for free, to the rest of the world and helping others for no other reason than to be helping others. Documentation is a very important part of that effort and it enables people to educate themselves. My only complaint is that sometimes you can't find the information you are looking for, but this is where the community comes into play on the forums. Maybe if mankind could or would expand the concept of helping others to things other than operating systems and software then this world would be a better place for everyone to live in and people would be happier and not so cynical.