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What's new in GParted 1.6.0-3

Apr 10, 2024
  • Release Notes:
  • The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2024/Apr/08).
  • Linux kernel was updated to 6.7.9-2.
  • xz-utils was reverted back to the 5.4.5-0.2 version.
  • Grub was updated to 2.12-2.

New in GParted 1.6.0-1 (Mar 6, 2024)

  • The GParted team is pleased to announce a new stable release of GParted Live.
  • This release includes GParted 1.6.0, updated packages, and other improvements.
  • Items of note include:
  • Includes GParted 1.6.0:
  • Stop forcing 1 MiB gap when moving partition boundary right
  • Fix crash when dealing with 0000-0000 exfat UUID
  • Remove Attempt Data Rescue and use of gpart
  • Based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2024/Feb/27)
  • Linux image updated to 6.6.15-2

New in GParted 1.6.0-1 Testing (Feb 28, 2024)

  • The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2024/Feb/27).
  • New upstream GParted 1.6.0.
  • Linux kernel was updated to 6.6.15-2.

New in GParted 1.6.0-1 Beta 1 (Feb 26, 2024)

  • The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2024/Feb/22).
  • Linux kernel was updated to 6.6.15-2.

New in GParted 1.5.0-6 (Sep 5, 2023)

  • Release Notes:
  • The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2023/Sep/03).
  • Linux kernel was updated to 6.4.13-1.
  • An issue about no prompt for ejecting CD when rebooting/halting was fixed.

New in GParted 1.5.0-2 (Mar 13, 2023)

  • The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2023/Mar/11).
  • Linux kernel was updated to 6.1.15-1.

New in GParted 1.5.0-1 (Feb 23, 2023)

  • This release includes GParted 1.5.0, updated packages, and other improvements.
  • Items of note include:
  • Includes GParted 1.5.0:
  • Fix path used to resize btrfs needs to be a directory
  • Fix crash when copying NTFS to starting beyond 2 TiB
  • Enable repair when checking exfat file systems
  • Based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2023/Feb/223)
  • Linux image updated to 6.1.12-1
  • This release of GParted Live has been successfully

New in GParted 1.5.0 (Feb 23, 2023)

  • This release of GParted includes bug fixes and language translation updates.
  • Key changes include:
  • Fix path used to resize btrfs needs to be a directory
  • Fix crash when copying NTFS to starting beyond 2 TiB
  • Enable repair when checking exfat file systems

New in GParted 1.5.0 Beta 1 (Feb 14, 2023)

  • The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2023/Feb/14).
  • New upstream GParted 1.5.0-beta1.
  • Linux kernel was updated to 6.1.11-1.

New in GParted 1.4.0-6 Beta (Nov 3, 2022)

  • The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2022/Nov/03).
  • Linux kernel was updated to 6.0.6-2.
  • More packages are included in this release: vim, pv, htop, bmon, nmon, zutils, pigz, xz-utils, zstd, zip, unzip, colordiff, xxd, vbindiff, cifs-utils, smbclient, nmap, xrdp, rdesktop, usbutils, vlan, parallel. Ref: http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?pid=36294

New in GParted 1.4.0-5 (Jul 17, 2022)

  • The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2022/Jul/15).
  • Linux kernel was updated to 5.18.5-1.

New in GParted 1.4.0-1 (Mar 30, 2022)

  • The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded.
  • This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2022/Mar/29).
  • New upstream GParted 1.4.0.
  • Linux kernel was updated to 5.16.14-1.

New in GParted 1.4.0-1 Beta (Mar 21, 2022)

  • The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2022/Mar/17).
  • New upstream GParted 1.4.0-beta1.

New in GParted 1.3.1-1 (Mar 15, 2022)

  • The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded.
  • This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2021/Jul/20).
  • New upstream GParted 1.3.1.
  • Linux kernel was updated to 5.10.46-1.
  • Package gvfs was added.

New in GParted 1.3.1-8 Testing (Mar 15, 2022)

  • Release Notes:
  • The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2022/Mar/14).
  • Linux kernel was updated to 5.16.12-1.

New in GParted 1.3.1 (Dec 3, 2021)

  • The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded.
  • This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2021/Jul/20).
  • New upstream GParted 1.3.1.
  • Linux kernel was updated to 5.10.46-1.
  • Package gvfs was added.

New in GParted 1.1.0 (Jan 20, 2020)

  • 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
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fix test (dentry->d_name is invalidated by closedir...) (!41)
  • Fix error when moving locked LUKS-encrypted partition (#48, !44)
  • Add missing window title to Help Contents dialog (!45)
  • Switch to faster minfo and mdir to read FAT16/32 usage (#569921)
  • Whole device FAT32 file system reports device busy warning from mlabel (!46)
  • Fix "invalid argument for seek()" error on very small (

New in GParted 1.0.0 (May 29, 2019)

  • Port to Gtkmm 3
  • Port to GNOME 3 yelp-tools documentation infrastructure
  • Enable online resizing of extended partitions
  • Add F2FS support for read disk usage, grow, and check
  • Fix slow refreshing of NTFS file systems

New in GParted 0.33.0 (Dec 17, 2018)

  • Key changes include:
  • Support copying and moving of unsupported partition content
  • Add minix file system support
  • Recognise APFS Apple file system
  • Gtk2 code modernisation
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Recognise APFS Apple file system (#23, !18)
  • Fix tries to resize BTRFS mounted read-only (#10, !14)
  • Update bug links from Bugzilla to GitLab issues (!11)
  • Add minix file system support (!12)
  • Support copying and moving of unsupported partition content (!13)
  • Update GParted appdata file license (#12, !15)
  • Gtk2 code modernisation (!17)
  • Fix false usage figures for busy SWRAID members (#27, !19)
  • Minor namespace and scope operator tidy-ups (!20)
  • Translations (new/updated):
  • cs(Marek Černocký), da(Alan Mortensen), de(Mario Blättermann, Bernd Homuth), el(Efstathios Iosifidis), eo(Kristjan Schmidt), es(Daniel Mustieles), hr(gogo), id(Kukuh Syafaat), it(Milo Casagrande), kk(Baurzhan Muftakhidinov), lt(Aurimas Černius), pl(Piotr Drąg), pt_BR(Rafael Fontenelle), ro(Daniel Șerbănescu), ru(Stas Solovey), sv(Anders Jonsson), tr(Emin Tufan Çetin)

New in GParted 0.32.0 (Aug 23, 2018)

  • Key changes include:
  • Implement opening and closing of LUKS mappings
  • Fix can't shrink LVM partition due to pvresize prompt
  • Recognise additional GRUB2 core.img signatures
  • Honour resize2fs minimum FS sizes
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Desupport RHEL / CentOS 5 (#794253)
  • Implement opening and closing of LUKS mappings (#795617)
  • Fix null pointer check accidentally disabled (#796293)
  • Add logo.png for automatic GitLab/GitHub project avatar
  • Fix volume label is incorrect for bitlocker encrypted partitions (#795127)
  • Update URL links to https://gparted.org (#796411)
  • Avoid unnecessary string change
  • Fix can't shrink LVM partition due to pvresize prompt (#1)(#2)
  • Remove support for obsolete devkit-disks automount inhibitor
  • Add GitLab CI jobs to build and test GParted
  • Recognise additional GRUB2 core.img signatures
  • Reduce the time taken by the GitLab CI jobs
  • Stop xmllint scrollkeeper-omf.dtd fetch fail breaking CI tests (#9
  • Honour resize2fs minimum FS sizes (#8)

New in GParted 0.31.0 (Mar 20, 2018)

  • Add support for changing UDF label/uuid and show UDF disk usage
  • Rollback specific failed partition change steps

New in GParted 0.30.0 (Jan 23, 2018)

  • This release of GParted includes an interim fix to enable running GParted as root under Wayland in addition to other bug fixes and language translation updates.
  • ATTENTION PACKAGERS:
  • The installation location of the gparted script has changed and package scripts calling pkexec can be dropped.
  • This release provides an interim workaround to allow GParted to run under Wayland by using xhost to grant and revoke root access to the X11 display. This must be enabled while building the software with:
  • ./configure --enable-xhost-root
  • Pkexec from polkit has been made the first choice graphical SU program as all the desktops have settled on using polkit as the privileged access mechanism. See "Installing polkit's Action File" section in the README file for when an additional installation step may be needed.
  • Also changed is that execution of the graphical SU program has been moved from gparted.desktop to the gparted shell wrapper. Therefore gparted can be run either by an unprivileged user or by root and as such is installed in $prefix/bin rather than $prefix/sbin. This additionally means distributions can drop their pkexec scripts used to launch gparted.
  • Key changes include:
  • Interim fix for GParted fails to run as root under Wayland
  • Fix reading Unicode labels when no FS specific tools available
  • Safely quote and escape external programs arguments

New in GParted 0.29.0 (Aug 10, 2017)

  • Add support for UDF file system
  • Fix segmentation fault on disk with corrupted FAT file system
  • Fix snap-to-alignment of operations creating partitions

New in GParted 0.28.1 (Feb 19, 2017)

  • Make the Label File System and Name Partition dialogs larger
  • Work around make distcheck issue
  • Restore ability to resize/move primary if extended exists

New in GParted 0.28.0 (Feb 14, 2017)

  • Key changes include:
  • Implement LUKS read-write actions NOT requiring a passphrase
  • Add detection of iso9660 file system
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Implement LUKS read-write actions NOT requiring a passphrase (#774818)
  • Fix mount column shown for non-mounted encrypted file systems (#775475)
  • Refactor mostly applying of operations (#775932)
  • Update help with additional partition flags (#776002)
  • Include sys/sysmacros.h for major and minor macros (#776173)
  • Add detection of iso9660 file system (#771244)

New in GParted 0.27.0 (Oct 19, 2016)

  • Key changes include:
  • Recognize GRUB2 core.img
  • Fix Mount Point column is wider than the screen on openSUSE
  • Make GParted exit when closed before the initial load completes
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Recognize GRUB2 core.img (#766989)
  • Fix file system usage missing when tools use alt blk dev names (#767842)
  • Fix sscanf modifier for long long (#768239)
  • Fix duplicate mounts shown for unmounted encrypted file systems (#771323)
  • Fix usage of active encrypted swap is not shown (#771670)
  • Include extended partitions in the count of active partitions
  • Fix Mount Point column is wider than the screen on openSUSE (771693)
  • Make GParted exit when closed before the initial load completes (771816)
  • Prevent the UI hanging while gpart data rescue is running (#772123)
  • Add language headers to po files

New in GParted 0.26.1 (Jun 14, 2016)

  • Ensure boot loaders work on ext4 < 16 TiB by using 32bit feature
  • Fix core dump crash in OperationDelete::get_partition_new()

New in GParted 0.26.0 (Apr 26, 2016)

  • Implement read-only LUKS support
  • Add progress bars to NTFS, XFS, and EXT2/3/4 file system copy methods
  • Fix operations sometimes fail with: No such file or directory

New in GParted 0.25.0 (Jan 18, 2016)

  • Add progress bar during additional ext2/3/4 and ntfs operations
  • Enhance SWRaid member detection and file system clearing
  • Always use blkid file system detection before libparted

New in GParted 0.24.0 (Oct 28, 2015)

  • Key changes include:
  • Display list of Logical Volumes in Partition Information dialog
  • Add ZFS file system detection
  • Add recognition of NVME devices
  • Prevent hang labeling FAT16/32 if illegal chars in label
  • Avoid core dump if invalid or non-existent device on command line
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Add ZFS file system detection (#752862)
  • Update documentation of GParted software dependencies (#753436)
  • Configuration issues when using non-system location of libparted (#753525)
  • Display list of Logical Volumes in Partition Information dialog (#754649)
  • Add recognition of NVME devices (#755022)
  • Updates to FileSystem:: and Utils::execute_command() functions (#754684)
  • Fix issue with copy, reformat source logical partition and paste (#754827)
  • Refactor operation merging (#755214)
  • Prevent hang labeling FAT16/32 if illegal chars in label (#755608)
  • Upper case FAT16/32 label per MS technet bb490925
  • Enable C++11 compilation when using glibmm 2.45.40 and later (#756035)
  • Check disks passed on command line are useable (#755495)
  • Avoid core dump if invalid or non-existent device on command line (#756434)
  • Translations (new/updated):
  • cs(Marek Černocký), de(Wolfgang Stöggl), es(Daniel Mustieles), fi(Jiri Grönroos), fr(Alexandre Franke, Claude Paroz), hu(Balázs Úr), id(Andika Triwidada), it(Milo Casagrande), ko(Seong-ho Cho), lt(Aurimas Černius), lv(Rūdolfs Mazurs), nb(Kjartan Maraas), pl(Piotr Drąg), pt(Pedro Albuquerque), pt_BR(Rafael Fontenelle), ro(Daniel Șerbănescu), ru(Stas Solovey), sk(Dušan Kazik), sv(Anders Jonsson), uk(Daniel Korostil)
  • Dependencies (new/updated):
  • Blkid command should be considered mandatory as it is required to detect a number of file systems which libparted doesn't detect.

New in GParted 0.23.0 (Aug 4, 2015)

  • Key changes include:
  • Add partition name to create dialog and enable online naming (relevant for GPT partitioned disk)
  • Show serial number in device information
  • Add support for btrfs set new file system UUID
  • Prevent UI hang when resizing FAT16/32, HFS and HFS+ file systems
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Only set LVM partition flag on tables which support it (#746204)
  • Add partition name to create dialog and enable online naming (#746214)
  • Fix some operations fail after paste into existing partition (#746559)
  • Fix FileSystem object memory leaks in init_filesystems (#749036)
  • Fix arcane cylinder size adjustment when copying and resizing (#749867)
  • Reduce the amount of copying of partition objects (#750168)
  • Refactor LVM2_PV_Info module interface and cache representation (#750582)
  • Adjust pointers to prevent crash resizing a logical partition (#752587)
  • Show serial number in device information (#751251)
  • Add support for btrfs set new file system UUID(#751337)
  • Prevent UI hang when resizing FAT16/32, HFS and HFS+ file systems (#737022)
  • Add translation comments for code section setting partition flag (#752901)
  • Code Credits:
  • Code enhancements are courtesy of Mike Fleetwood and Curtis Gedak.
  • Translations (new/updated):
  • ca(Jordi Mas), cs(Marek Černocký), de(Wolfgang Stöggl), es(Daniel Mustieles), fr(Alexandre Franke), gd(GunChleoc), hu(Gábor Kelemen, Balázs Úr), is(Sveinn í Felli), it(Milo Casagrande), kk(Baurzhan Muftakhidinov), pa(A S Alam), pl(Piotr Drąg), pt_BR(Enrico Nicoletto), ro(Daniel Șerbănescu), ru(Stas Solovey), sk(Dušan Kazik), sv(Josef Andersson, Anders Jonsson), th(Akom Chotiphantawanon)
  • Dependencies (new/updated):
  • hdparm command is required for optional display serial number device information.
  • btrfs-progs version >= 4.1 June 2015 package is required for optional set new btrfs UUID.

New in GParted 0.22.0 (Mar 23, 2015)

  • Add read and write support for unpartitioned whole disk devices
  • Add read and write support for GPT partition names

New in GParted 0.21.0 (Jan 26, 2015)

  • Key changes include:
  • Fix off by one sector error in GParted internal block copy
  • Add support for ext4 on RHEL/CentOS 5.x
  • Remove unnecessary duplicate actions when resizing a partition
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fix off by one sector error in GParted internal block copy (#742920)
  • Add support for ext4 on RHEL/CentOS 5.x (#738706)
  • Add ReFS file system detection (#738471)
  • Use pkg-config to check for version of libparted (#740004)
  • Remove unnecessary duplicate actions when resizing a partition (#741211)
  • Correctly capitalise GNOME in the Manual and man page (#739805)
  • Allow creation of reiser4 file systems on Linux 3.x (#742511)
  • Add keywords in .desktop file to improve application discovery

New in GParted 0.20.0 (Oct 20, 2014)

  • This release of GParted improves resizing multi-device btrfs file systems.
  • Add GRUB 2 restoration steps to help manual.
  • Also included are language translation updates.

New in GParted 0.19.1 (Jul 15, 2014)

  • Prevent crash caused by cross thread write after free in _OnReadable()

New in GParted 0.19.0 (Jun 10, 2014)

  • This release of GParted includes some important bug fixes and language translation updates.
  • Refactor OperationDetail to address random crash behavior.
  • Make partition information dialog viewable on 800x600 screens.

New in GParted 0.18.0 (Feb 20, 2014)

  • Fix partition size less than ext2/3/4, ntfs, reiserfs file system
  • Prevent crash when creating new partition on disk with loop label

New in GParted 0.17.0 (Dec 10, 2013)

  • Add support for online resize:
  • requires patched version of libparted, kernel >= 3.6, and a config flag
  • See README for more details
  • Recognize Linux Swap Suspend and Software RAID partitions
  • Fix busy detection for Linux Software RAID and extended partitions
  • Fix systemctl runtime mask to prevent automounting partitions

New in GParted 0.16.2 (Sep 19, 2013)

  • Key changes include:
  • Fix crash if click apply before pending operations fully displayed
  • Fix FAT16/32 labels are sometimes shown corrupted
  • Fix regression - linux-swap resize broken
  • Fix to not hide the progress of the tools used - ntfsresize (#697662)
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fix crash if click apply before pending operations fully displayed (#699452)
  • Enable .desktop prompt for root on default openSUSE installation (#699626)
  • Fix FAT16/32 labels are sometimes shown corrupted (#700228)
  • Combine duplicate code for fat16/fat32
  • Fix setting the backup boot sector when resizing NTFS (#701075)
  • Requires a future version of ntfs-3g with enhanced ntfsresize
  • Enables whole partition use when resizing ext2/3/4, ntfs and reiserfs
  • Set NTFS minimum partition size to 2 MiB (#697848)
  • Make include guards unique (#539297)
  • Remove unused read-only functionality from internal block copy
  • Ensure running GParted is named correctly under GNOME Shell (#705323)
  • Clear btrfs file system super block mirror copies too (#705426)
  • Prepare for btrfs tools using IEC prefix multipliers (#706914)
  • Add create_with_label flag to FS structure (#701569)
  • Inhibit systemd automounting (#701676)
  • Only permit one GParted instance to run at a time
  • Stop using "locate" for gnome-doc-utils check in autogen.sh (#702040)
  • Fix name changes in dosfstools 3.0.18+ breaking FAT16/32 support (#704629)
  • Fix to not hide the progress of the tools used - ntfsresize (#697662)
  • Fix regression - linux-swap resize broken (#706604)
  • Update Help Manual with GPT flags and Force Cancel button (#707070)
  • Add missing colon to label in en_CA translation (#685735)
  • Ensure active tense of mount menu option in en_CA translation (#694700)

New in GParted 0.16.1 (May 1, 2013)

  • This version includes another critical bugfix for a potential crash that might cause loss of data while moving or copying a partition.
  • It is strongly recommended that all users of GParted 0.15.0 and 0.16.0 upgrade to GParted 0.16.1 to avoid data loss.

New in GParted 0.16.0 (Apr 25, 2013)

  • Avoid crash in GParted when moving or copying partitions
  • Fix GParted scans forever blank disk in virtual machine
  • Add support for f2fs file system

New in GParted 0.16.0 Beta 1 (Apr 18, 2013)

  • The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2013/Apr/18)

New in GParted 0.15.0 (Mar 20, 2013)

  • Live tracking of command progress output in the details log
  • Move operations are twice as fast as prior versions
  • Proper cancel support added
  • Volume label length now based on file system type
  • Unallocated space is selected by default
  • New key bindings added:
  • Insert --> New Partition
  • Ctrl+Enter --> Apply All Operations

New in GParted 0.14.1 (Dec 12, 2012)

  • Fix Linux software RAID device detection
  • Fix logical partition grow overlaps extended partition end

New in GParted 0.14.0 (Oct 11, 2012)

  • Key changes include:
  • Add LVM PV read-write support
  • Fix crash when pressing Esc in dialogs with number entry
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Add LVM PV read-write support (#670171) Thanks to Mike Fleetwood for this 20 piece patch set
  • Fix crash when pressing Esc in dialogs with number entry (#682658)
  • Ubuntu launchpad #375095 Thanks to Mike Fleetwood for this small patch
  • Ignore invalid reiserfs UUIDs (#684115) which includes:
  • Switch to using debugreiserfs to read the UUID
  • Switch to using jfs_tune to read the UUID
  • Update file system specific validation of RFC 4122 UUIDs for btrfs, ext2, ext3, ext4, jfs, linux_swap, nilfs2, reiser4, reiserfs, and xfs.
  • Switch to using debugfs.reiser4 to read the label
  • Thanks to Mike Fleetwood for this patch set
  • Fix mounted file system size and usage determination for ext2/3/4 (#683255)
  • Thanks to Mike Fleetwood for this patch set
  • Translations (new/updated):
  • cs(Marek Černocký), es(Daniel Mustieles), fr(Claude Paroz), gl(Fran Diéguez, Leandro Regueiro), hu(Gabor Kelemen), id(Andika Triwidada), it(Milo Casagrande), ko(Seong-ho Cho), lt(Aurimas Černius), ml(Ani Peter), pl(Piotr Drąg), pt_BR(Djavan Fagundes), sl(Matej Urbančič), sr(Мирослав Николић), sr@latin(Мирослав Николић), th(Akom Chotiphantawanon), uk(Daniel Korostil), zh_HK(Chao-Hsiung Liao), zh_TW(Chao-Hsiung Liao)

New in GParted 0.13.0 (Jul 14, 2012)

  • This release of GParted adds the ability to show if partition size differs from file system size. This new feature enables you to identify unallocated space within a partition and can suggest how you can put this space to good use. Also included are bug fixes and language translation updates. Key changes include: Show difference if partition size differs from file system size. Avoid end partition overlap when resizing extended partition.

New in GParted 0.12.1 (Apr 10, 2012)

  • Enable new file system resize library available with parted-3.1
  • Handle more than 15 partitions on a disk device with parted-3.1
  • Ensure space for EBR when resizing Extended partition
  • Ensure Align to MiB does not overlap following partition

New in GParted 0.11.0 (Dec 14, 2011)

  • Display ext2/3/4, ntfs, and btrfs unicode volume labels properly
  • Add labelling of btrfs file systems
  • Enable XFS copy to new smaller partition

New in GParted 0.7.0 (Nov 1, 2010)

  • NOTES:
  • This release of GParted adds initial support for the btrfs file system, and fixes two critical bugs. Also included are other bug fixes and language translation updates.
  • Key changes include:
  • Add initial support for btrfs
  • Fix crash at start with glibmm-ERROR
  • Fix crash moving more than one logical partition right
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Add initial support for btrfs (#571170)
  • Fix gparted crash at start with glibmm-ERROR
  • Crash due to using ustring for file system signature recognition
  • Ubuntu launchpad #609477
  • Ubuntu launchpad #617885
  • Thanks go to Seth Heeren for this small patch
  • Fix crash moving more than one logical partition right (#628863)
  • Fix several memory leaks and valgrind errors (#631201)
  • Remove unnecessary null pointer checks (#539092)
  • Insert additional translator comments (#631684)
  • Fix partitions moved or copied are 1 MiB larger (#632478)
  • Skip move/copy action because linux swap contains no data (#589555)
  • Ubuntu launchpad #401228
  • Ensure 1 MiB reserved when moving partition to start of disk
  • TRANSLATIONS (new/updated):
  • bg(Alexander Shopov), da(Ask H. Larsen),
  • de(Mario Blättermann, Christian Kirbach), es(Jorge González),
  • et(Mattias Põldaru), gl(Fran Diéguez), fr(Claude Paroz),
  • hu(Gabor Kelemen), id(Andika Triwidada), kk(Baurzhan Muftakhidinov),
  • lt(Aurimas Černius, Žygimantas Beručka), nb(Kjartan Maraas),
  • pa(A S Alam), pl(Piotr Drąg, Tomasz Dominikowski),
  • pt(António Lima), pt_BR(Antonio Fernandes C. Neto),
  • sl(Matej Urbančič), uk(Maxim V. Dziumanenko),
  • zh_CN(Aron Xu, Yunqiang Su), zh_HK(Chao-Hsiung Liao, Wei-Lun Chao),
  • zh_TW(Chao-Hsiung Liao, Wei-Lun Chao)
  • DEPENDENCIES (new/updated):
  • btrfs-tools package is required for optional btrfs support.

New in GParted 0.6.2 (Aug 2, 2010)

  • Re-enable MiB partition alignment option
  • Fix problem with logical partition move overwriting EBR (bug #623630)

New in GParted 0.6.1 (Jul 9, 2010)

  • Fix crash moving partition when size is a multiple of 16 MiB
  • Disable MiB alignment temporarily until bug #623630 can be fixed.

New in GParted 0.6.0 (Jun 19, 2010)

  • The GParted team is proud to announce this release brings support for devices with sector sizes greater than 512 bytes.
  • For the last three decades, 512 byte sector sizes have been the norm and many tools, including GParted, were hard coded to assume this sector size.
  • Also included in this release are bug fixes, and language translation updates.
  • Key changes include:
  • Add support for devices with sector sizes > 512 bytes
  • Add alignment option to align to MiB
  • Set _default_ alignment to align to MiB
  • Known issues:
  • When used with libparted versions 2.3 and lower on devices with sector sizes > 512 bytes:
  • hfs/hfs+: used/unused space not detected
  • hfs/hfs+: shrink file system not available

New in GParted 0.5.1 (Jan 25, 2010)

  • Work around partition resizing problems with newer udev and kernels
  • Avoid crashes by ignoring devices with sector size > 512 bytes

New in GParted 0.5.0 (Dec 3, 2009)

  • RAID systems now supported include:
  • Hardware RAID
  • Motherboard BIOS RAID (also known as Fake RAID - dmraid)
  • Linux Software RAID (mdadm)
  • Key changes include:
  • Add auto detection of Linux software RAID devices
  • Re-enable ability to paste into an existing partition
  • Ensure parted-1.9.0 is patched if using with GParted

New in GParted 0.4.8 (Nov 2, 2009)

  • Ensure no pending operations before creating partition table
  • Improve dmraid device and name recognition
  • Add support for devicekit-disks device automount prevention
  • Fix problem finding symbolic link device mount points

New in GParted 0.4.5 (May 9, 2009)

  • BUG FIXES:
  • Improved crypt-luks detection (#578300)
  • Improved dmraid device detection by checking udev if needed (n/a)
  • Enhanced to search for udevadm if udevsettle not found (n/a). Thanks to Lorenzo Cogotti aka Micia for this tip.
  • Improved UUID detection to fall back to vol_id if available (n/a)
  • Improved file system detection with fall back to vol_id (n/a)
  • TRANSLATIONS (new/updated):
  • ca(David Planella), de(Christian Kirbach, Mario Blättermann), es(Jorge Gonzalez Gonzalez), kk(Baurzhan Muftakhidinov)

New in GParted 0.4.4-1 (Apr 22, 2009)

  • New upstream GParted 0.4.4

New in GParted 0.4.4 (Apr 2, 2009)

  • BUG FIXES:
  • Added support for /dev/mapper dmraid devices (#317262)
  • Added recognition of /dev/mmcblk* SD/MMC devices (#564985)
  • Enhanced resize to only move start if space before changed (#571151)
  • Maintained label and UUID when resizing swap (#575585)
  • Added detection of LUKS encrypted partitions (#490740)
  • Added detection of btrfs file system (part of #571170) - Thanks to Luca Bruno for initial btrfs support patch.
  • Improved new comments for translators (#576956)
  • TRANSLATIONS (new/updated):
  • cs(Adrian Guniš), da(Ask H. Larsen, Per Kongstad), de(Mario Blättermann, Jochen Skulj), es(Jorge Gonzalez), eu(Inaki Larranaga Murgoitio), fr(Claude Paroz), gl(Suso Baleato), hu(Gabor Kelemen), it(Milo Casagrande), ja(Hideki Yamane, Mitsuya Shibata), lv(Raivis Dejus), pa(A S Alam), pt(António Lima), pt_BR(Djavan Fagundes, Vladimir Melo, Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle), ru(Yuriy Myasoedov), sk(Pavol Klačanský), sv(Daniel Nylander), zh_CN(Whistler)
  • DEPENDENCIES (new/updated):
  • For dmraid support, the following three commands are required: - dmsetup - dmraid - kpartx
  • For GNU/Linux distribution dmraid support, the following are required: - kernel built with Device Mapping and Mirroring. From menuconfig, it is under Device Drivers -> (RAID & LVM). - dmraid drive arrays activated on boot (e.g., dmraid -ay).

New in GParted 0.4.3 (Feb 12, 2009)

  • BUG FIXES:
  • Corrected name of lock taken by hal-lock (#571347) - Thanks to Jonas Pedersen for finding this mistake.
  • Fixed crash on startup with Russian language (#570855) - Thanks to Dmitriy Motitskiy for small patch.
  • TRANSLATIONS:
  • de (Mario Blättermann)
  • it (Milo Casagrande)

New in GParted 0.4.2 (Feb 5, 2009)

  • The big news for this GParted release is support for ext4 file systems, and the addition of an application help manual.
  • Added support for ext4 file system
  • Support for ext4 is built into version 2.6.28 of the Linux kernel
  • e2fsprogs version 1.41.0 or higher required
  • Created application help manual
  • Updated gparted manual page
  • Made text beside field labels selectable (i.e., copy/paste UUID)
  • Added lvm2 physical volume detection
  • Reduced file system information disk reads to improve performance
  • Fixed application crash when saving details and locale not set
  • Enhanced copy/paste checks when MBR/EBR involved

New in GParted 0.4.1 (Nov 30, 2008)

  • This release of GParted rolls back /dev/mapper/* detection.
  • The problem was that all /dev/mapper/* entries were added to the device list including LVM partitions. This was confusing behaviour to GParted users, and in my opinion it was better to roll back this change.
  • A work-around for /dev/mapper/* device detection is available by passing the device names to gparted on the command line. E.g., gparted /dev/mapper/device-name
  • Thanks to François Dupoux for identifying this problem early, and working towards a resolution.

New in GParted 0.4.0 (Nov 29, 2008)

  • BUG FIXES:
  • Enabled device passing with gnome-desktop-item-launch (#561495)
  • Added explanation to Features dialog (#353104)
  • Trimmed some information from Features dialog (#342682)
  • Renamed button for improved clarity (#561350)
  • Enabled full toolbar display for longer languages (#561068)
  • Fixed destination too small on copy and paste (#556058)
  • Removed warning reading mounted reiser4 file system (#380546)
  • Enhanced to recognize /dev/mapper/* devices (#556114) Thanks to Colin Watson for the patch.
  • Enhanced gparted_details.htm to pass XHTML validator (#525347) Thanks to Markus Elfring for the small patch.
  • Implemented themed application icon (#350894) Thanks to Sebastian Kraft for the icons. Thanks to Michael Monreal for the small patch.
  • TRANSLATIONS (new/updated):
  • ca(David Planella), cs(Adrian Gunis), de(Jochen Skulj and Mario Blättermann), es(Jorge Gonzalez and Milton Galo Patricio), fi(Ilkka Tuohela), fr(Robert-André Mauchin and Claude Paroz), gl(Ignacio Casal Quinteiro), hu(Gabor Kelemen), it(Milo Casagrande and Ubuntu-it), pt_BR(Carlos Eduardo Santos, Vladimir Melo, and Djavan Fagundes), sk(Pavol Klačanský), sv(Daniel Nylander), uk(Vitovt), zh_HK(Chao-Hsiung Liao), zh_TW(Chao-Hsiung Liao),
  • DEPENDENCIES (new/updated):
  • blkid command required to read file system UUIDs. blkid is part of e2fsprogs.