Re: What happened to "palimpsest" disk utility in Jessie?
On May 5, 2014, at 3:24 AM, Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>> In Wheezy there is a program called "palimpsest" that gives a nice wide-ranging
>> overview of all things related to disks: partitions, LVM configuration, MD/raid
>> configs, SMART data for individual drives, and so on. It was part of the package
>> "gnome-disk-utility", I think.
>>
>> It seems to have disappeared in Jessie. Does anybody know why? And do
>> you have a suggestion for a replacement?
>
> AFAIUI it's been renamed "Disks" and the executable is "/usr/bin/gnome-disks".
Hmmm... Well, I tried gnome-disks and it's a very poor cousin of the old palimpsest -- missing many (most) useful features. Is palimpsest dead?
Rick
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