News

26-Jul-2012: New Release
Version 1.5.1 is out. On this release:
  • PI and log files now lay on user's home directory for GUI version
14-May-2012: New Release
Version 1.5.0 is out. On this release:
  • New splash screen with about and license windows
  • License button removed
  • Flattr button added
  • Minor bugs fixed
  • Aesthetic changes
  • Terminal autoscroll
4-Feb-2012: New Release
Version 1.4.2 is out. On this release:
  • Systester now depends on QT >= 4.5.3
  • Display available memory in Darwin
  • Checksum validation re-implemented in order to bypass gcc bug
16-Oct-2011: New Release
Version 1.4.0 is out. On this release:
  • Update button introduced for latest version check.
  • Updated systester.pro
  • KDE and Gnome menu icon introduced (through install-desktop.sh script)
  • FAQ.txt added in the source tree.
28-Jul-2011: New Release
Version 1.3.0 is out. On this release:
  • Bugfix in configure script. --prefix and "make install" now work properly.
  • Bugfix: wrong checksum detection when gcc used in 32 bit platforms.
  • Support for GNU PTH.
  • Updated systester.pro
  • qconf directory added in the source tree.
  • Systester now reports the compiler and the flags used for GMP compilation.
26-Jul-2011: New website
System Stability Tester has a new and redesigned website.
02-Jul-2011: New Project Admin
Panagiotis Anastasiadis is now the new project administrator
02-Jul-2011: New Release
Version 1.2.0 is out. On this release:
  • Splash screen does not stall under unix ports anymore.
  • Systester now remembers the font selected.
  • Mingw32 port revived.
  • Mingw64 port introduced.
  • About screen now catches mouse clicks.
  • Source code cleanup.
15-May-2011: New Release
Version 1.1.2 is out. On this release:
  • Systester now depends on GMP >= 4.2.1.
  • Lite CLI introduced.
  • Minor bugfix over the HPUX port.
  • Dynamic report of GMP version.
  • New configure script.
07-Feb-2011: New Release
Version 1.1.1 is out. On this release:
  • Systester now can link against MPIR.
  • Source code clean up.
  • Minor bug fixes.
25-Dec-2010: Important News
Since its last release, 15 months ago, Systester found significant acceptance. Now it's part of Phoronix Test Suite, SystemRescueCD and Parted Magic.
05-Sep-2009: New Release
Version 1.1.0 is out. On this release:
  • Command line interface revived.
  • Mode button introduced.
  • Two minor memory leaks fixed.
  • Extended source code clean up and changes.
  • Display the total installed physical memory, visible by the OS.
  • Support for Solaris 10/Sparc.
  • Support for AIX 5.3/Power.
07-Jan-2009: New Release
Version 1.0.3 is out. On this release:
  • Configure script minor changes.
26-Dec-2008: New Release
Version 1.0.2 is out. On this release:
  • Just a bugfix over the recent Mac OS X port.
23-Dec-2008: New Release
Version 1.0.1 is out. On this release:
  • Support for Mac OS X (Darwin i386).
  • Minor bug fixing.
16-May-2008: New Release
Version 1.0.0. System Stability Tester reached its milestone. On this release:
  • Support for win64 platform.
  • Support for x86 and x64 Microsoft Visual C++.
  • Gauss-Legendre algorithm implemented.
  • ILP width report dropped.
  • Display the mode the program runs (32 or 64 bit).
  • Minor changes to the GUI.
19-Apr-2008: New Release
Version 0.9.2 is out. On this release:
  • Checksum validation added for both little and big endian machines.
  • Logfile now reports the checksum validation results for every turn.
  • Bugfix: CPUPI.DAT now contains the all the computed digits of pi.
  • Elapsed time with millisecond accuracy.
  • More accurate CPU frequency detection.
  • Bugfix: The elapsed time of the last loop is now correct.
  • Source code clean-up.
12-Apr-2008: New Release
Version 0.9.1 is out. On this release:
  • No new features added or bugs fixed. Dependency on pthreads-win32 removed. Using native Windows threads instead.
05-Apr-2008: New Release
Version 0.9.0 is out. On this release:
  • Transition from Qt3 to Qt4.
  • Stop button added.
  • Configure script now checks for Qt 4 build environment.
  • Minor bugs fixed.
  • Minor cosmetic changes.
04-Mar-2008: New Release
Version 0.8.1 is out. On this release:
  • No new features added or bugs fixed.
  • Preparation for multi algorithm support.
  • Source code clean-up.
17-Jan-2008: New Release
Version 0.8.0 is out. On this release:
  • Minor bugs fixed.
  • Minor cosmetic changes.
  • Icon changed.
  • A splash screen introduced.
  • Support for HPUX 11.x pa32.
  • Display the GMP version.
  • Display the ILP width.
06-Oct-2007: New Release
Version 0.7.3 is out. On this release:
  • A serious memory leak fixed.
  • Configure script now checks for GMP>=3.1 and QT>=3.3.
  • Makefile now can use the PREFIX environment variable to install the binary.
  • The number of active cpus/cores is reported.
  • Support for x86 Solaris 10.
21-Sep-2007: Web page launched
System Stability Tester has now this web page hosted by sourceforge.net.
10-Sep-2007: New Release
Version 0.7.2 is out. On this release:
  • Pi calculation itself became multi threaded.
  • Single thread Pi calculation added. Usefull for benchmarking purposes only.
  • Configure script for Unix systems.
16-Jun-2007: New Release
Version 0.7.1 is out. On this release:
  • New icon.
  • New more accurate and faster CPU frequency detection function under unix platforms.
  • Support for Linux/Alpha and Tru64 unix.
  • Updated about information.
  • Buttons disabled during Pi calculations.