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Drakxtools is a set of scripts and modules unique to Mandriva written in Perl with GTK UI (more precisely - using own wrappers upon perl-GTK). Drakxtools development was started a dozen of years ago; however, year by year it becomes harder and harder to maintain and enhance them due to not very flexible internal structure and tons of legacy code. We believe that most of drakxtools do not satisfy modern needs and should be replaced with more convenient contemporary analogues.

Some thoughts about drakxtools replacement:
* for many tools, there are analogues in KDE4 control center
* ... however, some tools are really unique to Mandriva, and currently we don't have any estimates on how long will it take to develop their analogues
* for some tools KDE analogues exists, but they are separate applications (not part of KDE control center)
* some tools are bounded to Mandriva infrastructure (Mandriva Club accounts, wiki logins, etc.), so they should be dropped in ROSA in either case; the question is do we want to develop their analogues

The replacements for Mandriva Drakconf configurators in [[ROSA Marathon 2012]] are listed in the table below.

{| class="wikitable"
! Drakconf section !! Cmdline tool !! Replacement !! Comments
|-
! colspan='4' | Software Management
|-
| colspan='4' | '''Software Management'''
|-
| Access to extended maintenance || mdkapplet-add-media-helper || '''Dropped in ROSA 2012 LTS''' || This one is valuable for MDV only
|-
! colspan='5' | Hardware
|-
| colspan='5' | '''Configure mouse and keyboard'''
|-
| Set up the keyboard layout || keyboarddrake || KDE System Settings -> "Input Devices" ||
|-
! colspan='5' | Network & Internet
|-
| colspan='5' | '''Manage your network devices'''
|-
| Network Center || draknetcenter || KDE System Settings -> "Network Settings" ||
|-
| Set up a new network interface (LAN, ISDN, ADSL, ...) || drakconnect --wizard || KDE System Settings -> "Network Settings"||
|-
| Remove a connection || drakconnect --del || drakx-net || KDE System Settings -> "Network Settings" ||
|-
| colspan='5' | '''Personalize and Secure your network'''
| Manage different network profiles || draknetprofile || NetworkManager || ??? Does NetworkManager have some profile support?
|-
| Configure VPN connection to secure network access || drakvpn || KDE System Settings -> "Network Settings" ||
|-
! colspan='5' | System
|-
| colspan='5' | '''Localization'''
|-
| Manage date and time || drakclock || KDE System Settings -> "Date and Time" ||
|-
| Manage localization for your system || localedrake || KDE System Settings -> "Locale" || Standard KDE configurator should be patched to edit ~/.i18n in order to affect all applications
|-
| colspan='5' | '''Administration tools'''
|-
| Open a console as administrator || drakconsole || Applications -> "Root Terminal" ||
|-
! colspan='5' | Network Sharing
|-
| colspan='5' | '''Configure Windows(R) shares'''
|-
| Access Windows (SMB) shared drives and directories || diskdrake --smb || || The tool is still there, but you also may use<br/>Dolphin (Network -> Samba Shares) ||
|-
| Share drives and directories with Windows (SMB) systems || draksambashare || ||  The tool is still there, but you also may use<br/>Dolphin (Right click on folder name -> Properties -> Share)</br> if you enabled samba sharing for the user in KDE control center
|-
| colspan='5' | '''Configure WebDAV shares'''
|-
| Access WebDAV shared drives and directories || diskdrake --dav || Dolphin (Network -> Add Network Folder)<br/>|| 
|-
! colspan='5' | Local disks
|-
| colspan='5' | '''Local disks'''
|-
| Manage disk partitions || diskdrake --hd || drakxtools || ? gparted || gparted support LVM in 'read-only' mode. <br/> gparted launched in ROSA displays a strange (very small) unallocated space at the end of every disk.
|-
| ''Configure CDROM mount options'' || diskdrake --removable ||  drakxtools || KDE System Settings -> "Removable Devices" ||
|-
| Share your hard disk partitions || diskdrake --fileshare || drakxtools || '''Dropped in ROSA 2012 LTS''' ||
|-
! colspan='5' | Security
|-
| colspan='5' | '''Security'''
|-
| Configure system security, permissions and audit || msecgui || msec-gui || ''leave'' || standalone tool written in Python; the package is not installed by default
|-
| Configure TOMOYO Linux policy || tomoyo-gui || tomoyo-gui || ''leave'' || standalone tool written in Python; the package is not installed by default
|-
| Set up your personal firewall || drakfirewall || drakx-net ||  ||
|-
| Configure authentication for Mandriva tools || draksec || drakxtools ||  || !!! Probably we will have to rework this one if we replace some MDV tools
|-
| Advanced setup for network interfaces and firewall || drakinvictus || drakx-net ||  ||
|-
| Parental Controls || drakguard || drakguard ||  ||
|-
! colspan='5' | Boot
|-
| colspan='5' | '''Configure boot steps'''
|-
| Set up boot system || drakboot --boot || drakxtools || [http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=139643 GRUB2 Editor]<br/> or maybe this one is more functional: [https://launchpad.net/grub-customizer Grub Customizer] ||
|-
| Set up display manager || drakedm || drakxtools || '''Dropped in ROSA 2012 LTS'''<br/>there is no need in this for many users; experienced ones can just change DM value in the /etc/sysconfig/desktop file ||
|}

[[Category:ROSA Marathon 2012]]