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+GSmartControl is a graphical user interface for smartctl (from
+Smartmontools package), which is a tool for querying and
+controlling SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting
+Technology) data on modern hard disk drives. It allows you to
+inspect the drive's SMART data to determine its health, as well
+as run various tests on it.
+
+Requires gtkmm, available at SlackBuilds.org