control center in Ubuntu/Kubuntu?

[Donatas]

Frederik Dannemare wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 May 2005 12:18, Donatas wrote:
> 
>>Are there any plans in Ubuntu/Kubuntu of creating a control center
>>for hardware tuning, something like Mandrake Control Center?
>>
>>Would you think this would be needed? I would strongly encourage
>>that.
> 
> 
> For those of us not too familiar with Mandrake's Control Center what 
> does it offer for handling hardware devices?


I launched my MandrakeMove 9.2 live cd and wrote down all the parts of
Mandrake control center. The utilities present there are subdivided into
sections. I add comments re Kubuntu alternatives // here

Section Hardware
==============
X server settings: keyboard, mouse, monitor, monitor resolution, graphic
card configuration tools. // no graphical analogue in KDE
Scanner setup // ?
Printer setup // no graphical analogue in KDE for system-wide settings
TV card setup // ?

Section Mount Points
==============
Partitions resizing //qtparted
Samba configuration // I guess, there is some tool, right?
NFS configuration // again, must be some tool?
Hard disk & partition sharing configuration
CDrom and floppy mounting configuration // I guess, no graphical
alternative again

Section Network and Internet
==============
Network and internet connection // no dsl graphical config tool
Proxy setup // ??

Section Security
================
Firewall (shorewall) setup // guarddog - never tried
various other security options (not sure how they are used)

Section System
==============
Menu editor // kmenuedit
Service enabling and disabling // there is something, right ?
Date and Time configuration // ? I know about kde tool, what about the
system?
Viewing and searching system logs utility // I guess there is something
Backup manager // ?

>
> KDE Control Control can already set up these:
>  - network interfaces (including wireless)
>  - printers
really? I guess you still need cups http interface to set up printers
system-wide before you can use those in kprint
>  - display
not x-server settings, I would guess.
>  - digicams
>  - mouse/keyboard/joystick
can you, again, do x-server configuration here, or just change behaviour?

I guess, what is really needed in Kubuntu is the x-server configuration
utilities.

Donatas