Linuxconf is a sophisticated administration system for the Linux operating system. In many ways, Linuxconf is different from other administration schemes found on Unix operating systems and most other systems.

General concepts

Linuxconf is a large project. We have split the explanation by focusing differently on major topics:

• Framework to write administration modules.

  The framework exists so modules are easier to write, less redondant and more powerful. Module writers and users should read this to have a better understanding of the extra abilities linuxconf modules may have.

• a large set of modules. Check this list.

• An activator

  Linuxconf can tell you what has to be started, or restarted and this even if you change some configuration without Linuxconf. Mostly, it has features to warrant that what you have configured is effectively performing. Here are some screen shots.

• Multiple user interfaces

  Linuxconf modules have 3 different user interfaces generally for free (the code is written once). You can test a live demo of the HTML interface and you can see a screen shot of the GUI and text interface.

Our motivation

Why did we created Linuxconf ? What is wrong with other utilities ? Click here for a potentially long and boring talk about our motivations.

If you are designing a large package for Linux with numerous options and configuration files, maybe you should read this after all.