The latest Intel drivers are now part of the Linux kernel and distros are being able to deliver them to users without the need for the tool.
Intel has announced that it is discontinuing the company's driver installer software for Linux distros. The "Linux Graphics Update Tool" is obsolete and no longer produced.
Intel has announced that the driver update tool will be discontinued for a simple reason, Linux distros are currently being able to bring the latest version of the company's drivers into the Linux kernel itself, eliminating the need for such a tool.
It is noteworthy that this has nothing to do with Intel drivers themselves, they continue to be developed and optimized normally, which we no longer have the update tool, purely for convenience and lack of need.
In an "ideal world" this sort of thing would become more common, this has also been happening on systems using the Linux kernel when it comes to AMD Driver, meanwhile, the optimally performing Nvidia drivers are still installed from another. form.
I recommend watching our interview with Alfredo Heiss, AMD representative here in Brazil, to better understand this relationship between open source drivers and Linux:
The "modus operandi" of Linux generally generates this kind of behavior, yet some more specific hardware may still need external support, while most are directly supported by the kernel, including updates to newer versions.
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