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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
by jmclnx 4y ago
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.
- johnny22 4y agofwupd has nothing to do with gnome. It's a cli program and library. That library can be integrated with guis, but it works standalone.
- hughsient 4y agoIs 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 4y agoSlackware is the oldest active Linux distribution.
- jonathantf2 4y agoOlder doesn't mean major though.
- CameronNemo 4y agoSubjective. Debatable.
- pxc 4y agoAs someone who has never used Slackware, I think Slackware is important, whether or not it's 'major'.
- bitwize 4y ago"Major" = RHEL, Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, perhaps also Arch. Slackware is niche, sorry.
- CameronNemo 4y agoNot niche enough, AFAICT https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/system/fwupd/ https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/system/fwupd/
- josteink 4y agoArch 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 4y agoAlso 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 4y agofwupd 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!
- mindslight 4y agoI 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 4y agoYeah 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.