the mythbuntu control centre provides a gui which can be used to configure the system. the user can select what kind of system (backend, frontend, both) they wish to have installed. inside the control centre, the user can perform common actions such as installing plugins for mythtv, configuring the mysql database, setting passwords, and installing drivers and codecs. mythtv updates can be enabled here as well as switching to the latest release version or development branch of mythtv. configuration of remote controls and a range of other utilities and small programs are performed all from within this program.