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 # QDiskInfo
 CrystalDiskInfo alternative for Linux
 ![mockup](https://github.com/edisionnano/QDiskInfo/assets/26039434/e5488f41-6ea2-4304-9ae8-13d5dac7715b)
+This app is a frontend for smartctl which is part of the smartmontools package.
 The icon is a modified version of the KDE Partition Manager logo which is available under GPL-3.0+
 
 ## Compiling and Installing