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diff --git a/system/ddrescue-gui/README b/system/ddrescue-gui/README index f838bec29951..a6b071294b83 100644 --- a/system/ddrescue-gui/README +++ b/system/ddrescue-gui/README @@ -1,12 +1,27 @@ ddrescue-gui (GUI for ddrescue) -DDRescue-GUI is a program designed to make it easier to use GNU ddrescue (A Command-Line data recovery tool). -It provides a simple graphical method for using ddrescue. -This is designed to be as user-friendly as possible so users new to Linux can use ddrescue easily. +DDRescue-GUI is a program designed to make it easier to use GNU +ddrescue (A Command-Line data recovery tool). It provides a simple +graphical method for using ddrescue. This is designed to be as +user-friendly as possible so users new to Linux can use ddrescue +easily. -DDRescue-GUI is a simple GUI written in Python 2 designed to make the data recovery tool, ddrescue, easier for beginners to use. -It's designed for Linux, and more recently Apple OS X, as KDiskRescue appears to be abandoned, with the last update in 2006. -DDRescue-GUI is desgined to look native on almost all Desktop Environments, so whichever one you use, it should look familiar. +DDRescue-GUI is a simple GUI written in Python 2 designed to make +the data recovery tool, ddrescue, easier for beginners to use. -DDRescue-GUI uses very few rescources, with the current version using about 38MB RAM, and <80MHz CPU power -so it'll run on almost any system, and give you the best battery life possible on laptops. +It's designed for Linux, and more recently Apple OS X, as +KDiskRescue appears to be abandoned, with the last update in 2006. + +DDRescue-GUI is desgined to look native on almost all Desktop +Environments, so whichever one you use, it should look familiar. + +DDRescue-GUI uses very few rescources, with the current version +using about 38MB RAM, and <80MHz CPU power so it'll run on almost +any system, and give you the best battery life possible on laptops. + +DDRescue-GUI is cross-platform: It's runs on Linux and macOS +(previously known as OS X). + +Note that this program uses GNU ddrescue, not the outdated dd_rescue, +and it's available in my package archive for automatic updates at: +www.launchpad.net/~hamishmb/+archive/myppa |