PRNewswire: MandrakeSoft Releases DiskDrake Hard-Drive Partitioning Tool for Linux

“MandrakeSoft, publisher of the popular Linux-Mandrake operating
system distribution, has released its beta version of DiskDrake, a
complete hard-drive partitioning tool available for Linux. With the
increasing popularity of the Open Source Linux operating system,
many users need to install Linux without removing their Windows
operating system. However, for many new users, hard-disk
partitioning can be the most difficult aspect of installing Linux.
DiskDrake gives users a simple, powerful and graphic tool for
completing this task. It can be included in an installation
procedure or used independently.”

“Published under the terms of the General Public License,
MandrakeSoft expects the initial version of DiskDrake to improve
quickly with contributions from the Open Source software community.
A Windows version of DiskDrake is also planned for release by the
end of the year.”

“MandrakeSoft’s release of DiskDrake is testimony to the
incredible power of Open Source software,” said Pascal Rigaux,
DiskDrake project leader. “Open Source software gives people access
to the source code, resulting in fast and efficient development and
extending DiskDrake’s capabilities using existing source code. This
means the experts of the world can contribute to the project, an
advantage few proprietary development companies can afford. For
this reason, we expect DiskDrake to improve very quickly.”

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