Components Status for Documentation

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This table will help technical writers to follow the status of each component so they can know whether they are ready to:

  • write the documentation
  • take the screenshots

Please report any missing component notably for MCC. Also report tools that shouldn't need documentation.

Contents

[edit] Components Status

Component Who to contact Remarks and Changes / 2008.1 Functionally stable Definitive appearance
Installer (DrakX) Pixel Nothing new for now Yes Yes
Desktop (KDE icons, quick launch, applets, etc.) Helio Design all integrated Yes Yes
Mandriva Theme (Ia Ora?) Frédéric Crozat Free theme did not change (smooth) - One and PWP will be the same (blue) Yes Yes
Mandriva Control Center (general interface) Anne Nicolas Nothing new Yes Yes
drakbug Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drak3d Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakbackup Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakboot Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakclock Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakclub Anne Nicolas deprecated NC NC
drakconnect Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakconsole Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakdisk Anne Nicolas changes on encrypted partition: use of dmcrypt instead of cryptoloop Yes Yes
drakedm Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakfax Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakfirewall Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakfirstboot Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakfont Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakgw Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakhardware Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakhosts Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakids Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakinvictus Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakkeyboard Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
draklocale Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
draklog Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakmenustyle Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakmouse Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
draknetcenter Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
draknetprofile Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
draknfs Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakonline Anne Nicolas deprecated - see drakrpm-update NC NC
drakperm Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakprinter Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakproxy Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakroam Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
rpmdrake Anne Nicolas Nearly finalized yes yes
draksambashare Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakscanner Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
draksec Anne Nicolas yes yes
draksound Anne Nicolas - Thierry Vignaud - Fred Crozat modifications sent - including PulseAudio Yes No
drakups Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakuser Anne Nicolas Need to add link to transfugdrake if a Windows OS is detected No No
drakvpn Yves yes yes
drakx11 Anne Nicolas only one icon left in mcc to find needed icon more easily Yes Yes
drakxservices Anne Nicolas Yes Yes
drakxtv Anne Nicolas deprecated NC NC
backup/restore system (draksnapshot) Anne Nicolas in progress - information sent No No
Parental Control Anne Nicolas in progress - information sent No No
transfugdrake Anne Nicolas Add a way to manage links on existing Document and Settings Yes No

[edit] Mandriva Control Center

The MMC is now composed of 8 elements. 'Mount Points' has been removed. It has been reorganized and divided in two sections: 'Network Sharing' and 'Local disk'.

[edit] Software Management

  • The software install and uninstall tools have disappeared.
  • They have been replaced by the Software Media Manager.

[edit] Hardware

  • The shortcuts for Graphical Configuration have disappeared.
  • New tool enabling to configure a fax server.

[edit] Network and Internet

  • Several tools have disappeared:
    • Reconfigure a network interface,
    • Delete a network interface,
    • Wireless connection,
    • Alter Miscellaneous Internet Settings, and
    • Monitor the Network connections.
  • One tool added:
    • Control and Configure network connections.

[edit] System

  • One tool added: Select the authentication method

[edit] Network Sharing

  • Several tools have been removed:
    • Managing your Hard Drive Partition with DiskDrake,
    • Managing Removable Devices,
    • Importing Remote SMB Directories
    • Allowing Users to share Folders

[edit] Local Disk

  • The sections that have been removed from Mount Points and inserted here are:
    • Managing your Hard Drive Partition with DiskDrake (now Create, delete and resize hard disk partitions),
    • Allowing Users to share Folders (now Setting up sharing of your hard disk partitions),
  • New sections added:
    • Set where your "ATAPI-CDROM-DRIVE-50MAX" CD-ROM drive is mounted,
    • Set where your "PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W124TS" CD/DVD burner is mounted,
    • Set where your floppy drive is mounted

[edit] Security

  • New tool added: Set up network interfaces failover and firewall replication.

[edit] Boot

  • The Display manager chooser has been moved from System and added to this section.
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