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But should distributing and ensuring the security of software that users install on their own systems even be the responsibility of operating system maintainers?

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Yes.

If I installed software through my OS package manager, where else would I get security updates from?!

Like on every other major OS the publisher of those applications. And I mean they should be distributing the applications as well. Not the OS publishers.

Isn't it obvious? Or do you suggest that end users should be responsible for checking and patching every package on their system? Given that Red Hat has a large department just to do that for RHEL, I can't imagine where end users would begin.

No, I’m suggesting that the authors of the applications are responsible for patching and distributing their own application like on every other major OS.

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