Am 04.12.2007 um 07:58 schrieb Dane Mutters: > On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 15:57 +0100, Jonas Jørgensen wrote: >> I would consider partition editing a basic feature that should be >> provided by the operating system
For advanced users, I agree. For average users, partitioning is something they shouldn't even get in touch with. > Note: even without gparted, one can still partition from the > command line using fdisk, cfdisk, or parted, but this obviously > isn't ideal for an inexperienced user who just wants to partition/ > format an external drive or some such. As drives come partitioned off the store, why should a normal user have a need to change this partitioning at all? gparted (or any partitioning software) is a pretty dangerous tool for the unexperienced user. Two, three wrong clicks and the whole system is gone to a state where only expert users can recover data. Markus - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dipl. Ing. Markus Hitter http://www.jump-ing.de/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
