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[–] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

No, it's the same with every distro.
Distro maintainers CAN'T support repos containing non-free packages with security fixes.
Because they can't fix security issues in the code.
Because the code is not free for them to edit.

This entire criticism just shows a lack of understanding of how distros work, and what security updates are.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Ubuntu Universe does not have licensing issues. Ubuntu's nonfree repository is Multiverse. Universe is just the community- as opposed to project-maintained one

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Same thing applies.
    The AUR doesn't get security updates from Arch,
    RPM Fusion doesn't get security updates from Fedora,
    Packman doesn't get security updates from OpenSUSE,
    and Slackbuilds/Alienbob don't get security updates from Slackware.

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