[jmclnx]

As mentioned, I did not know this exists either, but I wonder what they consider a "Major Linux Distro" ?

> This site is used by all major Linux distributions to provide metadata for clients such as fwupdmgr and GNOME Software.

Based upon that statement and the fact fwupdmgr does not come with Slackware, maybe major equates to GNOME Based ?

But with some extra work, looks like this could be useful for non-GNOME distros.

[hughsient]

Is Slackware a major Linux distribution? There's nothing wrong with Slackware, and no reason why fwupd wouldn't work on that distro -- but it's not one that most people would considered "major" IMHO. There are no GNOME deps on fwupd, although there are a couple of GNOME frontends available -- as there is also a CLI and KDE frontend.

[CameronNemo]

Slackware is the oldest active Linux distribution.

[jonathantf2]

Older doesn't mean major though.

[pxc]

As someone who has never used Slackware, I think Slackware is important, whether or not it's 'major'.

[CameronNemo]

Subjective. Debatable.

[bitwize]

"Major" = RHEL, Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, perhaps also Arch.

Slackware is niche, sorry.

[CameronNemo]

Not niche enough, AFAICT

https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/system/fwupd/

[josteink]

Arch is the new “big” distro among Linux gamers. It seems to be taking market share from Ubuntu.

And yes, fwupdmgr works fine on Arch too.

[Macha]

Also the Steam Deck is Arch derived, so I think there's a good chance after this year that Arch is actually the most common desktop Linux family.

[pxc]

fwupd is available on quite a few niche distros, including NixOS, GuixSD, Void Linux, Gentoo, and also, of course, Slackware.

Also I feel that openSUSE qualifies as a major distro despite not appearing on that list!

[johnny22]

fwupd has nothing to do with gnome. It's a cli program and library. That library can be integrated with guis, but it works standalone.

[mindslight]

I wouldn't take it too literally, rather it's just a way of marketing its popularity.

Is there an alternative organization that gathers firmware that ends up on Slackware? If so, then sure there is an argument to be made that companies need to pay attention to both and one shouldn't be claiming to be fully authoritative. But if not, then progress would be Slack getting firmware updates from here, if the distro is interested in such things.

[CameronNemo]

Yeah I worry if you change that statement and put an asterisk like "most major distros", vendors might take it less seriously. It does sort of set you up for a no true Scotsman discussion, though.

Also Slackware does have fwupd, at least in its "SlackBuilds" system where a lot of optional packages end up AFAICT.