QtParted is a
Qt4 front-end to
GNU Parted.
QtParted is a program for
Linux
Linux ( ) is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an kernel (operating system), operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically package manager, pac ...
which is used for creating, destroying, resizing and managing
partitions. It uses the
GNU Parted libraries and is built with the
Qt4 toolkit. Like GNU Parted, it has inherent support for the resizing of
NTFS
NT File System (NTFS) (commonly called ''New Technology File System'') is a proprietary journaling file system developed by Microsoft in the 1990s.
It was developed to overcome scalability, security and other limitations with File Allocation Tabl ...
partitions, using the
ntfsresize utility. It does not handle LVM partitions.
The QtParted team does not provide an official
Live CD
A live CD (also live DVD, live disc, or live operating system) is a complete booting, bootable computer installation including operating system which runs directly from a CD-ROM or similar storage device into a computer's memory, rather than lo ...
to use QtParted with. However, QtParted is included in the live Linux distribution
Knoppix, on the
Kubuntu
Kubuntu ( ) is an official flavor of the Ubuntu operating system that uses the KDE Plasma Desktop Environment instead of the GNOME desktop environment. As part of the Ubuntu project, Kubuntu uses the same underlying systems. Kubuntu shares th ...
Live CD, in
MEPIS, in
NimbleX and in the Trinity Rescue Kit.
After not being maintained since 2005, it has been superseded by
KDE Partition Manager. It has since been revived by the developers of the (now discontinued) Ark Linux distribution, and is still being maintained.
Reviews
See also
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KDE Partition Manager
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Partition (computing)
Disk partitioning or disk slicing is the creation of one or more regions on secondary storage, so that each region can be managed separately. These regions are called partitions. It is typically the first step of preparing a newly installed disk ...
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List of disk partitioning software
This is a list of utilities for performing disk partitioning
Disk partitioning or disk slicing is the creation of one or more regions on secondary storage, so that each region can be managed separately. These regions are called partitions. It i ...
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GParted
GParted is a GTK front-end to GNU Parted and an official GNOME partition-editing application (alongside GNOME Disks, Disks). GParted is used for creating, deleting, resizing, moving, checking, and copying Partition (computing), disk partitions a ...
, the
GTK+
GTK (formerly GIMP ToolKit and GTK+) is a free software cross-platform widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces (GUIs). It is licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, allowing both free and proprietary s ...
counterpart of QtParted
References
External links
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Software that uses Qt
Discontinued software
Free partitioning software