[arm-allstar] Does your distro have auto mount of usb flash drives, or do I need to learn how to mount manually?

[kd4ont]

I'm creating custom ulaw compression files, via vlc and audacity, for announcements on my pi. I've narrowed down that ulaw is not a format, but a compression scheme. If I copy a custom audio file to a flash drive, to copy over to my pi3, do I need to research how to manually mount a flash drive? Does your distro only recognize certain drive formats? It seems to "see" fatex for image-backup.sh
Is it safe to assume it can see a fatex drive, even though most linux distros, with a gui, don't these days yet?