Black Lab Linux is deciding to devote resources to the server market. There are still plenty of free Linux distros around.
If they are going to make idiotic statements like this on their website :- "Most Linux distributions, Ubuntu, Fedora, Linux Mint, OpenSUSE dont come with any multimedia playback possible or they are very limited in functionality " - then they only have themselves to blame for any lack of support that might be bothering them ( donations , or whatever ) Perhaps their wished-for corporate customers will be less concerned , less critical