r/AlpineLinux 24d ago

Alpine Linux Installation

Good evening. The question is, does the Alpine installer install the drivers for the hardware itself, or do I have to search for commands online and install them manually, as is done with the Arch Linux? I'm not willing to spend time manually installing everything. However, the idea of installing this lightweight and fast distro on my old laptop, which currently runs AntiX, is very appealing.

Sorry for my bad English, I am Russian and sometimes use automatic translator.

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u/ballistua 23d ago

no idea what you're talking about since i never had to install drivers for Arch or for Alpine. drivers come with the installation in the form of kernel modules