Kanotix includes the latest version of gparted:
Code:
einfach@D1607:~$ apt-cache policy gparted
gparted:
  Installed: 0.3.1+cvs20060928-0+c0.kanotix.1
  Candidate: 0.3.1+cvs20060928-0+c0.kanotix.1
  Version table:
 *** 0.3.1+cvs20060928-0+c0.kanotix.1 0
        500 http://kanotix.com sid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.2.5-2 0
        500 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages
        200 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages
You can resize NTFS partitions safely, but you first have to run a windows defragmentation tool.

By the way, Kanotix also includes kernel 2.6.18 and compiz.