drakconf, or the Mandrake Control Center, is a computer program

Computer program

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 written in Perl

Perl

Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall in 1987 as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions and become widely popular...

 for the configuration of Mandriva Linux

Mandriva Linux

Mandriva Linux is a Linux distribution distributed by Mandriva. It uses the RPM Package Manager...

, a Linux distribution

Linux distribution

A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...

. It is a tool that allows easy configuration of Mandriva.
It is licensed under the open source

Open source

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 GNU General Public License

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.

It is part of the so-called drakxtools and is specifically designed for this Linux distribution for running under command-line or X Window System

X Window System

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 environment. However the source code is available, so it could be ported to other distributions. This tool is a key feature in Mandriva Linux because it puts many configuration tools together in one place, and it is easier for a user who is new to Linux

Linux

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for configuring their system instead of changing configuration files using a text editor.