DrakX - our new open-source graphical installation procedure utility. DrakX provides several levels of automated installation for the various skill levels of users. DrakX also allows users to configure their Internet connection during the installation process with full support of ADSL and RNIS technologies. Additionally, nearly 50 different languages are available in DrakX!

DiskDrake is our new hard-drive partitioning tool which is incorporated into DrakX. DiskDrake allows any user to easily create, modify and re-size disk partitions using an entirely graphical interface. A completely automated option is also available for inexperienced users.

The very latest Linux Kernel (2.2.14) which has been enhanced with the «Supermount» utility eliminates the clumsy mounting/unmounting process for removable media such as CD-ROMs and floppy disks. Also included:

• Glibc: 2.1.2
  
• RPM: 3.0.3
  
• Bash: 2.03
  
• Qt 1.44 & 2.0.1
  
• wine: 991212
  

The very latest XFree86 (3.3.6) supports many of the latest video cards such as: Matrox G400, S3 Trio 3D, SAVAGE 3D, Nvidia GeForce, ATI Rage 128, Ati Rage Mobility, SIS 540/630/300, Silican Motion Lynx etc etc.

DrakConf is our new desktop configuration panel which enables users to easily configure and modify hardware devices such as video cards, keyboard, mouse (including USB keyboards and mice). DrakConf also includes the new Lothar utility which is a set of tools that offers auto-detecting and configuring of additional hardware devices such as sound cards, network cards, etc.

High level of internationalization with 50 languages available.


Many desktop enhancements and customizations that greatly simplify a user's experience of learning Linux for the first time. Additional features such as immediate access to a Windows partition, if installed on the same machine, provide a much requested feature. You have a choice of 9 different pre-configured graphical interfaces including the popular:

KDE 1.1.2

Gnome 1.0.55

WindowMaker 0.61.1

Enlightenment 0.16.3

IceWM 1.0.0

Several pre-configured «Security Levels» are now available at installation time to ensure that your Linux system suits your needs.

A customized system kernel « kernel secure » is available for servers that need to be secured.

« RAID » disks support.
« SMP » multi-processor support.

Pentium-class (and higher) optimizations which result in performance gains of up to 30%!

You can install Linux directly on your Windows partition using « Lnx4Win ».


You benefit from the MandrakeUpdate tool which lets you update your system easily and automatically using the Internet. You'll find MandrakeUpdate a great help for staying current with the latest security releases.

You have an extensive choice of applications such as:

Netscape 4.7

Gimp 1.4

Xemacs 21.1

MySQL 3.20.32a

Also Sketch (Vector drawing), Apache (Web Server) with many extensions such as PHP, LDAP server and client, MySQL and PostgreSQL (RDBMS)... A complete list of packages on the main CD is available here (37K).

You can use all the applications packaged for Red Hat Linux as Mandrake continues to be compatible with Red Hat.