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In the year 2026, on my Linux laptop (T14, Linux 6.18.26) I ran the following: lsmod | cut -f 1 -d ' ' | grep snd | wc -l And it responded: 53. Fifty three
by nine_k 6mo ago
In the year 2026, on my Linux laptop (T14, Linux 6.18.26) I ran the following:
lsmod | cut -f 1 -d ' ' | grep snd | wc -l
And it responded: 53. Fifty three kernel modules are dedicated to sound. I, of course, never had to install any of them by hand, or take any other direct care.
- asveikau 6mo agoThose modules are all in tree. The distro chose to build them as modules. You could have built them into the kernel. I don't think that counts. When I hear about manually futzing with "kernel modules for sound card" I think you're running out of tree modules in 1997.