GParted News

6 July 2020: GParted Live 1.1.0-5 Stable Release



The GParted team announces a new stable release of GParted Live with minor updates.



This release builds upon GParted Live 1.1.0-3 with some minor improvements.



Items of note include:

Based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2020/Jul/3)

Export linux_cmd and initrd_cmd in grub.cfg, i.e., make them as global variables so that the submenu can use these too.

Known Issue: GParted Live Safe graphic settings vga=normal and Failsafe modes fail to enter graphic mode when booting from uEFI mechanism, while it's OK when booting from legacy BIOS one. Curtis The GParted team announces a new stable release of GParted Live with minor updates.This release builds upon GParted Live 1.1.0-3 with some minor improvements.Items of note include:Curtis

2 July 2020: GParted Live 1.1.0-3 Stable Release



The GParted team is pleased to announce a new stable release of GParted Live.



This release includes GParted 1.1.0, updated packages, and other improvements.



Items of note include:

Based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2020/Jul/1)

Linux kernel updated to 5.7.6-1

Fix issue #94 - Netsurf browser crashes for some sites This release of GParted Live has been successfully tested on VirtualBox, VMware, BIOS, UEFI, and physical computers with AMD/ATI, NVidia, and Intel graphics.



Note that the default boot options did not display an X Desktop on old Acer Aspire laptops. The workaround is to select Other modes of GParted Live and choose GParted Live (Safe graphics setting, vga-normal).



Curtis The GParted team is pleased to announce a new stable release of GParted Live.This release includes GParted 1.1.0, updated packages, and other improvements.Items of note include:This release of GParted Live has been successfully tested on VirtualBox, VMware, BIOS, UEFI, and physical computers with AMD/ATI, NVidia, and Intel graphics.Note that the default boot options did not display an X Desktop on old Acer Aspire laptops. The workaround is to selectand chooseCurtis

21 January 2020: GParted Live 1.1.0-1 Stable Release



The GParted team is pleased to announce a new stable release of GParted Live.



This release includes GParted 1.1.0, updated packages, and other improvements.



Items of note include:

Includes GParted 1.1.0: Fix error when moving locked LUKS-encrypted partition Switch to faster minfo and mdir to read FAT16/32 usage Calculate JFS size accurately Recognise ATARAID members and detect their busy status

Based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2020/Jan/21)

Linux kernel updated to 5.4.13-1

Fix an issue about makeboot.sh which failed to run

Increased minimum requirements to 320 MB of RAM This release of GParted Live has been successfully tested on VirtualBox, VMware, BIOS, UEFI, and physical computers with AMD/ATI, NVidia, and Intel graphics.



Note that the default boot options did not display an X Desktop on old Acer Aspire laptops. The workaround is to select Other modes of GParted Live and choose GParted Live (Safe graphics setting, vga-normal).



Note also that a problem on a test computer with GParted stuck displaying "Scanning all devices..." turned out to be an mdadm command waiting forever for a floppy_read_block. This was fixed by disabling a BIOS setting which indicated a floppy drive was present when no physical floppy device existed on the computer.



Curtis The GParted team is pleased to announce a new stable release of GParted Live.This release includes GParted 1.1.0, updated packages, and other improvements.Items of note include:This release of GParted Live has been successfully tested on VirtualBox, VMware, BIOS, UEFI, and physical computers with AMD/ATI, NVidia, and Intel graphics.Note that the default boot options did not display an X Desktop on old Acer Aspire laptops. The workaround is to selectand chooseNote also that a problem on a test computer with GParted stuck displaying "Scanning all devices..." turned out to be an mdadm command waiting forever for a floppy_read_block. This was fixed by disabling a BIOS setting which indicated a floppy drive was present when no physical floppy device existed on the computer.Curtis

20 January 2020: GParted 1.1.0



This release of GParted includes enhancements, bug fixes and language translation updates.



Key changes include: Fix error when moving locked LUKS-encrypted partition

Switch to faster minfo and mdir to read FAT16/32 usage

Calculate JFS size accurately

Recognise ATARAID members and detect their busy status See the



Curtis This release of GParted includes enhancements, bug fixes and language translation updates.Key changes include:See the Release Notes for more details.Curtis

04 September 2019: GParted Live 1.0.0-5 Stable Release



A new stable release of GParted Live is available.



This release includes GParted 1.0.0 and updated packages.



Items of note include:

Based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2019/Sep/03)

Linux kernel updated to 5.2.9-2

Package grub updated to 2.04-3

Package live-tools was updated to 20190627. The issue about poweroff/reboot should be fixed: failed to execute shutdown binary freezing execution

Includes GParted 1.0.0 This release of GParted Live has been successfully tested on VirtualBox, VMware, BIOS, UEFI, and physical computers with AMD/ATI, NVidia, and Intel graphics.



Note that the default boot options did not display an X Desktop on old Acer Aspire laptops. The workaround is to select Other modes of GParted Live and choose GParted Live (Safe graphics setting, vga-normal).



Curtis A new stable release of GParted Live is available.This release includes GParted 1.0.0 and updated packages.Items of note include:This release of GParted Live has been successfully tested on VirtualBox, VMware, BIOS, UEFI, and physical computers with AMD/ATI, NVidia, and Intel graphics.Note that the default boot options did not display an X Desktop on old Acer Aspire laptops. The workaround is to selectand chooseCurtis

26 August 2019: Fifteen Years of GParted



The GParted team is proud to announce the fifteenth anniversary of GParted.



The

Over 245 people have contributed to GParted

Available in over 60 different language translations

Included in many GNU/Linux distributions

Used in over 240 countries around the world

Downloaded over 27 million times from SourceForge alone To mark the occasion, questions were posed, and following are responses shared by some key contributors.



What do you like about GParted / Free Software?



Emmanuel Soundias - I like the fact that I.T. professionals as well as everyday non-professional computer users are able to use GParted. It is a professional software tool with a friendly interface, so that most computer users can use it. Of course, operations performed by GParted are rather special, out of the everday practice for many IT professionals as well as for most non-professional users.



I especially like that GParted seems to be a rather "strong" software, included in many popular Linux distributions, although without fancy features. This is evident by the very small number of problems reported in the support forum, most of them related to hardware issues.



15 years is a long time in the IT world. I love the fact that GParted is slowly but constantly changing following the IT reality, adapted to new hardware devices and software structures and including new useful features. This is achieved thanks to the contribution of the big Free Software community all over the world and especially to the numerous developers and testers that contribute by their knowledge, experience and time. Furthermore, GParted developers investigate and propose fixes and improvements to other free/open source related projects as well.



As a member of the GParted support team during 12 years (since 2007), I can feel the happiness of many users that had their problem solved, often saving their valuable data.



I'm happy to be part of this small but very effective team that runs successfully this useful project. Finally, I'd like to thank LarryT, former project administrator, who introduced me to the GParted project and to the Free Software world.



Mike Fleetwood - As a home user I like that Free Software is available at no cost, either up front or ongoing and these days no data mining. As a power user I like that there are lots of people that provide help in various ways, forums, how to guides etc. As a developer I like that ultimately I can go and look at the code and find out how something actually works and even go and fix it myself if necessary.



Curtis Gedak - The thing I like best about GParted is that it handles all the behind the scenes math and commands to resize and move partitions and file systems. This removes the extra effort I would expend to figure out the required terminal commands and options. I also appreciate being able to quickly access the latest GParted features by booting computers with GParted Live, which Steven Shiau graciously maintains. Overall I prefer Free Software because I can share it freely with friends, family, and co-workers.





Where is your development or support environment? (location/desktop/laptop/other details)



Mike Fleetwood - My primary system is my desktop in my study at home, a machine put together from components. It runs CentOS 7. Use VirtualBox virtualisation and have over 20 virtual machines with mostly multiple versions of Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and CentOS plus a few other distributions too. Used for testing as needed.



Also have a VirtualBox CentOS 7 virtual machine on my $job's laptop. This is so that while commuting to and from work, for the 30 minutes each way on the tram, I can be looking into GParted.



Curtis Gedak - My development system is in my upstairs loft and is also the computer I use for everyday tasks. It is a custom built desktop computer running Kubuntu 16.04 LTS with a 28" LCD monitor, a quad-core processor, and six drives which enable me to readily test various features of GParted. I also have several older computers in addition to over 50 Virtual Machines which I use to test different hardware, operating systems, and partition / file system configurations. The older hardware is often donated to me by friends and family, for which I am grateful.





Why do you contribute to GParted?



Mike Fleetwood - GParted has become my niche in the Free Software world. It is my way of contributing back to the Free Software world.



Curtis Gedak - I believe GParted enables an easier path for people to try other operating systems, and hopefully discover the wonderful world of Free Software. By contributing to GParted I believe that in my own way I help to make the world just a little bit better.





This wraps up the responses provided by current GParted contributors. Please note that many others, not listed here, have made significant contributions. GParted is made possible by the users, the contributors, and by the greater Free Software community.



In conclusion the GParted team is pleased to celebrate 15 years of providing an easy-to-use graphical partition editor as Free Software that all can share and use. :-)



Curtis The GParted team is proud to announce the fifteenth anniversary of GParted.The first public release of GParted was version 0.0.3 on August 26th, 2004 . Over the past 15 years, much has happened. Following are some statistics:To mark the occasion, questions were posed, and following are responses shared by some key contributors.This wraps up the responses provided by current GParted contributors. Please note that many others, not listed here, have made significant contributions. GParted is made possible by the users, the contributors, and by the greater Free Software community.In conclusion the GParted team is pleased to celebrate 15 years of providing an easy-to-use graphical partition editor as Free Software that all can share and use. :-)Curtis

29 June 2019: GParted Live 1.0.0-3 Stable Release



A new stable release of GParted Live is available.



This release includes GParted 1.0.0 and updated packages.



Items of note include:

Based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2019/Jun/27)

Linux kernel updated to 4.19.37-5

Package live-boot has been patched to be version 1:20190627-drbl1 which uses ntfs-3g instead of kernel module ntfs.ko to mount the file system. Since Linux kernel 4.19.37-1 Debian has dropped the support of ntfs.ko. This addresses Boot parameter findiso is no longer recognized.

Includes GParted 1.0.0 This release of GParted Live has been successfully tested on VirtualBox, VMware, BIOS, UEFI, and physical computers with AMD/ATI, NVidia, and Intel graphics.



Note that the default boot options did not display an X Desktop on old Acer Aspire laptops. The workaround is to select Other modes of GParted Live and choose GParted Live (Safe graphics setting, vga-normal).



Curtis A new stable release of GParted Live is available.This release includes GParted 1.0.0 and updated packages.Items of note include:This release of GParted Live has been successfully tested on VirtualBox, VMware, BIOS, UEFI, and physical computers with AMD/ATI, NVidia, and Intel graphics.Note that the default boot options did not display an X Desktop on old Acer Aspire laptops. The workaround is to selectand chooseCurtis

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