I can't remember the last time I had to install a driver using anything other than apt-get or yum on my Linux desktop or laptop -- although I do have a hand con

I can't remember the last time I had to install a driver using anything other than apt-get or yum on my Linux desktop or laptop -- although I do have a hand configured xorg.conf that I've been using for years. The majority of drivers are available with the kernel, and those that are not and are popular are packaged up by the distribution maintainers.