Linuxconf is a system configuration tool for the

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operating system. It features different

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: a text interface or a graphical user interface in the form of a Web page or native application. Most

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s consider it

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compared to other tools such as

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, the system-config-* tools on

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, drakconf on

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and so on. Linuxconf was deprecated from Red Hat Linux in version 7.1 in April 2001. It was created by Jacques Gélinas of Solucorp, a company based in

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. It is licensed under the terms of the

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References

External links

Linuxconf home page
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