Mint is definitely good because of those things, and its no-fuss approach, but almost all Linux distros include a software and driver app with equal functionality.
Some may be included in the desktop environment. on Fedora KDE for example provides me with firmware updates for my laptop within the settings program.
On Manjaro, I remember using a driver app for Nvidia graphics.
At the very least, even if your distro doesn’t have a specific app or menu for firmware/drivers, you will most likely have the linux firmware repositories added to your package manager which ensures they’re updated with your system.
For all other drivers of course we can rely on Kernel updates.
Mint is definitely good because of those things, and its no-fuss approach, but almost all Linux distros include a software and driver app with equal functionality.
Not really. Ubuntu and Mint does, but Arch, Fedora, and Debian don’t. The latter two don’t even have the drivers in their main repositories.
Some may be included in the desktop environment. on Fedora KDE for example provides me with firmware updates for my laptop within the settings program.
On Manjaro, I remember using a driver app for Nvidia graphics.
At the very least, even if your distro doesn’t have a specific app or menu for firmware/drivers, you will most likely have the linux firmware repositories added to your package manager which ensures they’re updated with your system.
For all other drivers of course we can rely on Kernel updates.