Questions regarding Drivers

[SHENGTON]

Hi experts, good day.

This is what I always heard and read from the Linux experts. That I don't need to install the drivers because Linux have it all.

Could somebody explain this to me?

I'll be waiting for your answers guys.

Take care and God bless.

[techieMoe]

Hi experts, good day.

This is what I always heard and read from the Linux experts. That I don't need to install the drivers because Linux have it all.

Could somebody explain this to me?

I'll be waiting for your answers guys.

Take care and God bless.

A great deal of drivers for a multitude of devices have been written for Linux, and most of those drivers are included and compiled into the kernel by default. The kernel is the brain of every Linux distribution, and most major distributions include a collection of drivers for common hardware. This means that for most things, you do not need to download a separate driver in order to have your device work in Linux.

Some notable exceptions are 3D video cards (though all cards will work with basic 2D graphics using the default VGA driver called "vesa") and wireless network cards.

More and more wireless cards are getting support these days and some (such as Intel) have already developed open-source drivers that are included in the kernel. You only need drivers if your specific device isn't supported out of the box.

[SHENGTON]

Thanks Sir techieMoe. Can you give me an article or a link which proves that a Linux Kernel has included some drivers.

Just to prove my aquaintances that you don't have to install the drivers.

I'll wait Sir. Thanks and God bless.

[Bemk]

The kernel doesn't contain all drivers. Most of the time with graphics cards you'd be better of with proprietary drivers. Those aren't included in the kernel so you need to install them separately. I have the luck that I can just use Open Source drivers so I can just use it without any trouble. There can be other drivers like WLAN drivers.

Not all drivers are included but most are. I never had to install any drivers, but you might have to to get optimal performance from your system.

[hazel]

If you browse to the folder /lib/modules/(your version number)/kernel/drivers you can actually see all the driver modules that the kernel can load when it needs to. Show that to your friends.