Here are presented various parameters concerning your machine. Depending on your installed hardware, you may – or not, see the following entries:
Mouse: check the current mouse configuration and click on the button to change it if necessary;
Keyboard: check the current keyboard map configuration and click on the button to change that if necessary;
Timezone: DrakX, by default, guesses your time zone from the language you have chosen. But here again, as for the choice of a keyboard, you may not be in the country for which the chosen language should correspond. Hence, you may need to click on the button in order to configure the clock according to the time zone you are in;
Printer: clicking on the button will open the printer configuration wizard;
Sound card: if a sound card is detected on your system, it is displayed here. No modification possible at installation time;
TV card: if a TV card is detected on your system, it is displayed here. No modification possible at installation time;
ISDN card: if an ISDN card is detected on your system, it is displayed here. You can click on the button to change the parameters associated with it.
GNU/Linux manages time in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) and translates it in local time according to the time zone you selected. It is however possible to deactivate this by deselecting Hardware clock set to GMT so that the hardware clock is the same as the system clock. This is useful when the machine is hosting another operating system like Windows.
The Automatic time synchronization option will automatically regulate the clock by connecting to a remote time server on the Internet. In the list that is presented, choose a server located near you. Of course you must have a working Internet connection for this feature to work. It will actually install on your machine a time server which can be optionally used by other machines on your local network.