[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.