GParted News Item 86

The big news for this GParted release is support for ext4 file systems, and the addition of an application help manual.

Key changes include:

• 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

See the Release Notes for more details.

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