Mandrake Control Center is Mandrake Linux's main configuration tool. It enables the system administrator to configure the hardware and the services used for all users. The tools accessible through the Mandrake Control Center greatly simplify the use of the system, notably by avoiding the use of the “evil” command line.
You will find this icon in the “Welcome” screen. Mandrake Control Center is also found in the main menu: -> .
Mandrake Control Center is also available from the command line in text mode by running drakconf.
The following image shows you the window which pops up when you click on the icon shown in Figure 14.1.
We will detail four of the available menu entries:
Logs frame at the bottom of the main window. It will display all the changes made on the system by the configuration tools launched from within the Mandrake Control Center.
-> . When activated this option displays aMandrake Control Center can be displayed in two different modes. The embedded mode will display the tool in the main frame. If you de-select this option, the tools will be displayed in their own window.
-> . Configuration tools launched from the-> . This will open the help browser with help for the configuration tool.
The tools are sorted into six categories (or more depending on the packages installed) on the left of the window. You can open a category by clicking on the label. Following are all the tools and references to the corresponding manual sections.
Table 14.1. A Fast Review of Mandrake Graphical Tools
This last category (Software management) appears only if the rpmdrake package is installed. An eighth category (Configuration Wizards) appears if the wizdrake package is installed. The documentation for those wizards is available inline or in the Quick-Configuration Server Guide. It contains 13 wizards for the basic configuration of common LAN services, as well as web and FTP servers.