Tools
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Mandriva Linux Tools
Mandriva provides a number of unique tools to ease the administration of your Linux system, be it for the desktop or server.
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System Management and Configuration Tools
- Mandriva Control Center - the central Mandriva configuration tool (aka Drakconf)
- LogDrake - view and search system logs
- DrakConsole - open a console
- DrakCronAt - schedule programs to run periodically or at certain times
- DrakBackup - configure backups of the system and user data
- DrakBoot - enables autologin, configures how the system boots, and selects the graphical theme to use while booting
- DrakFloppy - produces bootable floppies (see Formatting Floppies)
- DrakAutoInst - configures an automatic installation replay
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Hardware-Related
- Diskdrake - hard drive management tool (parition, resize, etc.)
- XFdrake - X.org configuration tool
- Harddrake - look at and configure local system hardware
- DrakxTV - configure TV tuner card
- DrakKeyboard - configure keyboard layout
- Drakmouse - configure the pointer device (mouse, touchpad)
- Printerdrake - configure printer(s), print job queues, etc.
- Scannerdrake - configure scanner
- DrakUPS - configure a UPS for power monitoring
- DrakSound - configure a non-ISA soundcard
- Drakfax - FAX configuration tool
- LscpiDrake - CLI tool to list PCI bus and USB devices (part of the ldetect package)
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Server-Related
- DrakTermserv - configure a terminal server
- rfbdrake - tool to remote control another Linux, UNIX, or Windows machine (allows to take control of a Linux client, allow control of your system from a Linux server, or run Windows Terminal Services)
- Drakpxelinux - a wizard to create a PXE server
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Network-Related
- Drakconnect - configure and manage network interfaces
- Drakroam - configure and manage wireless network interfaces
- NetApplet - user applet to access the network connection properties
- net_monitor - monitor network connections
- Drakproxy - configure a proxy server for file and web
- DrakGw - configure internet connection sharing with other local machines
- DrakVPN - configure a Virtual Private Network connection
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User Management-Related
- Userdrake - User management tool
- Drakauth - configuration tool for selecting authentication method (local, NIS, LDAP, etc.)
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Desktop-Related
- Drakfont - manage, add, and remove fonts
- DrakeDM - chose which display manager (i.e. kdm, gdm, etc.) to use
- MenuDrake - configure the application menu layout
- DrakClock - adjust the date and time
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Packaging Tools
- MandrivaUpdate - graphical package management tool (aka rpmdrake)
- Urpmi - CLI package management tool
- MandrivaOnline - easy online services for updating Mandriva Linux
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Security Tools
- msec - Mandriva security/hardening tool
- Draksec - Graphical frontend to msec
- DrakPerm - fine-tune the security permissions of the system
- DrakFirewall - configure a personal firewall
These topics should deal with both general usage and development (possibly using Tools/urpmi/development or a similar sub-node to keep the information regarding said tool logically structured under "Tools/[tool]"
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Other Miscellaneous Tools
- DrakBug - an interactive bug reporting tool
- Drakbt - a Bittorrent link and status checker; it can connect automagically to Mandriva Linux websites to grab and display available torrents
- DrakFirsttime - an after-first-boot user interface configuration wizard
- Drakloop - tool to allow users to mount encrypted loopback filesystems (part of the mountloop package)
- Drakoo - a file format wizard for OpenOffice.org running at first lauch of OpenOffice and enabling the user to choose the default file format to use
- DrakSync - is a graphical tool for synchronizing directories on different machines
- Packdrake - a simple indexed archive builder and extractor using standard compression methods