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I know back then we needed drivers for speakers, I remember the AC'97 hardware being more reliable and accessible than the HDAU, but a KB & Mouse?
The reason why you feel we don't need driver discs anymore is because the internet allows you to download the windows binaries directly from nvidia.com but what would be the case if I wanted to set up a gaming station in a remote area? And also make sure that a flash drive won't die, get lost or lose its contents over time for electron decay?
The other day I got an enterprise 10G NIC and it came with a driver disc lol. Is Intel X520 based.
True, if you jump into the cold water and do everything yourself, eg. compiling client software yourself, you may also need to compile drivers. But for everyday use cases, installing the client software from the repos just has a dependency on the drivers, and you don't have to (but maybe could) even think about it.
The other day I compiled libreboot. It was a fun experience.