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
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)
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
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
User Management-Related
- Userdrake – User management tool
- Drakauth – configuration tool for selecting authentication method (local, NIS, LDAP, etc.)
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
Packaging Tools
- MandrivaUpdate – graphical package management tool (aka rpmdrake)
- Urpmi – CLI package management tool
- MandrivaOnline – easy online services for updating Mandriva Linux
- FIBRIC – The configuration process is particularly easy to put to work thanks to FIBRIC, an installation assistant accessible by web browser.
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]“
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
