<s>
Anaconda	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
system	O
installer	O
for	O
Linux	O
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anaconda	B-Language
is	O
used	O
by	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Enterprise	O
Linux	O
,	O
Oracle	O
Linux	O
,	O
Scientific	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
,	O
AlmaLinux	O
,	O
CentOS	O
,	O
MIRACLE	O
LINUX	O
,	O
Qubes	O
OS	O
,	O
Fedora	O
,	O
Sabayon	O
Linux	O
and	O
BLAG	O
Linux	O
and	O
GNU	O
,	O
also	O
in	O
some	O
less	O
known	O
and	O
discontinued	O
distros	O
like	O
Progeny	B-Operating_System
Componentized	I-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
,	O
Asianux	O
,	O
Foresight	O
Linux	O
,	O
Rpath	B-General_Concept
Linux	I-General_Concept
and	O
VidaLinux	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anaconda	B-Language
offers	O
a	O
text-mode	B-Application
and	O
GUI	O
mode	O
,	O
so	O
users	O
can	O
install	O
on	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
easily	O
portable	O
and	O
supports	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
hardware	O
platforms	O
(	O
IA-32	B-Device
,	O
Itanium	B-General_Concept
,	O
DEC	B-Device
Alpha	I-Device
,	O
IBM	B-Device
ESA/390	I-Device
,	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
,	O
ARMv8	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
installing	O
from	O
local	O
storage	O
devices	O
like	O
CD-ROM	O
drives	O
and	O
harddisks	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
from	O
network	O
resources	O
via	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
,	O
or	O
NFS	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Installations	O
can	O
be	O
automated	O
with	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
kickstart	B-Application
file	O
,	O
that	O
automatically	O
configures	O
the	O
installation	O
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
run	O
it	O
with	O
minimal	O
supervision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
mainly	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
with	O
some	O
modules	O
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
.	O
It	O
has	O
a	O
graphical	O
frontend	O
that	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
GTK+	B-Application
3/PyGObject	O
and	O
designed	O
with	O
the	O
Glade	B-Language
Interface	I-Language
Designer	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anaconda	B-Language
also	O
has	O
a	O
custom	O
text	O
frontend	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
computers	O
with	O
line	O
printer	O
like	O
terminals	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
ESA/390	I-Device
mainframes	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Anaconda	B-Language
installer	I-Language
provides	O
various	O
useful	O
tools	O
and	O
commands	O
for	O
both	O
users	O
with	O
specific	O
installation	O
needs	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
debugging	O
issues	O
with	O
the	O
installer	O
itself	O
or	O
OS	O
installation	O
in	O
general	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anaconda	B-Language
supports	O
a	O
rich	O
set	O
of	O
options	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
passed	O
to	O
the	O
boot	O
command	O
line	O
to	O
influence	O
installation	O
behaviour	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
successful	O
installation	O
,	O
Anaconda	B-Language
stores	O
various	O
important	O
files	O
from	O
the	O
installation	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
system	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
anaconda-ks.cfg	O
file	O
found	O
on	O
a	O
system	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
(	O
possibly	O
with	O
small	O
changes	O
)	O
to	O
install	O
a	O
very	O
similar	O
system	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
