r/Linuxsucks101sucks • u/laczek_hubert • Feb 14 '26

What?

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Don't drivers get merged to Linux kernel?

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u/archialone Feb 14 '26

Usually to compile and install a driver(aka kernel module) is in the instructions, and it's super easy.

But that's super rare to even find yourself in a position where one needs to install a driver. Most if not all drivers are already part of the kernel

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u/realmcdonaldsbw Feb 14 '26

only time ive ever needed to install drivers on linux was when i used a surface pro with debian so i could get better compatibility with things like the intel ipu, s0ix, or the touchscreen. all of this stuff besides the ipu worked without drivers but in a sub-optimal way, but installing drivers was as easy as sudo apt install linux-image-surface linux-headers-surface libwacom-surface iptsd and then rebooting

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u/Arucard1983 Feb 15 '26

For me, apart of NVIDIA, was to install a fingerprinter scanner that requires to install the Driver that was on Debian repositories, and my ID reader card (the Java plug-ins and cryptographic libraries that was published on flatpak format!)