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Glances Version 2.x
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Version 2.4
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Enhancements and news features:

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    * Grab FAN speed in the Glances sensors plugin (issue #501)
    * Allow logical mounts points in the FS plugin (issue #448)
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    * Add a --disable-hddtemp to disable HDD temperature module at startup (issue #515)
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    * Add a quiet mode (-q). Can be usefull if you need a Statsd or Influxdb provider only
    * Add RabbitMQ export module (issue #540 Thk to @Katyucha)
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Bugs corrected:

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    * Correct monitor list, all processes are take into account (issue #507)
    * Correct duplicated --enable-history in the doc (issue #511)
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Version 2.3
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    * Add the Docker plugin (issue #440) with per container CPU and memory monitoring (issue #490) 
    * Add the RAID plugin (issue #447)
    * Add actions on alerts (issue #132). It is now possible to run action (command line) by triggers. Action could contain {{tag}} (Mustache) with stat value.
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    * Add InfluxDB export module (--export-influxdb) (issue #455)
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    * Add StatsD export module (--export-statsd) (issue #465)
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    * Refactor export module (CSV export option is now --export-csv). It is now possible to export stats from the Glances client mode (issue #463)
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    * The Web inteface is now based on Bootstrap / RWD grid (issue #417, #366 and #461) Thanks to Nicolas Hart @nclsHart
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    * It is now possible, through the configuration file, to define if an alarm should be logged or not (using the _log option) (issue #437)
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    * You can now set alarm for Disk IO
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    * API: add getAllLimits and getAllViews methods (issue #481) and allow CORS request (issue #479)
    * SNMP client support NetApp appliance (issue #394)
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Bugs corrected:

    *  R/W error with the glances.log file (issue #474) 

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Other enhancement:
    
    * Alert < 3 seconds are no longer displayed

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Version 2.2.1
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    * Fix incorrect kernel thread detection with --hide-kernel-threads (issue #457)
    * Handle IOError exception if no /etc/os-release to use Glances on Synology DSM (issue #458)
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    * Check issue error in client/server mode (issue #459) 
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Version 2.2
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Enhancements and news features:

    * Add centralized curse interface with a Glances servers list to monitor (issue #418)
    * Add processes tree view (--tree) (issue #444)
    * Improve graph history feature (issue #69)
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    * Extended stats is disable by default (use --enable-process-extended to enable it - issue #430)
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    * Add a short key ('F') and a command line option (--fs-free-space) to display FS free space instead of used space (issue #411)
    * Add a short key ('2') and a command line option (--disable-left-sidebar) to disable/enable the side bar (issue #429)
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    * Add CPU times sort short key ('t') in the curse interface (issue #449)
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    * Refactor operating system detection for GNU/Linux operating system
    * Code optimization
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Bugs corrected:

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    * Correct a bug with Glances pip install --user (issue #383)
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    * Correct issue on battery stat update (issue #433)
    * Correct issue on process no longer exist (issues #414 and #432)
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Version 2.1.2
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    Maintenance version (only needed for Mac OS X).

Bugs corrected:

    * Mac OS X: Error if Glances is not ran with sudo (issue #426)

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Version 2.1.1
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Enhancement:
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    * Automaticaly compute top processes number for the current screen (issue #408)
    * CPU and Memory footprint optimization (issue #401)

Bugs corrected:

    * Mac OS X 10.9: Exception at start (issue #423)
    * Process no longer exists (issue #421)
    * Error with Glances Client with Python 3.4.1 (issue #419)
    * TypeError: memory_maps() takes exactly 2 arguments (issue #413)
    * No filesystem informations since Glances 2.0 bug enhancement (issue #381)

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Version 2.1
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    * Add user process filter feature
      User can define a process filter pattern (as a regular expression).
      The pattern could be defined from the command line (-f <pattern>)
      or by pressing the ENTER key in the curse interface.
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      For the moment, process filter feature is only available in standalone mode.
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    * Add extended processes informations for top process
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      Top process stats availables: CPU affinity, extended memory information (shared, text, lib, datat, dirty, swap), open threads/files and TCP/UDP network sessions, IO nice level 
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      For the moment, extended processes stats are only available in standalone mode.
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    * Add --process-short-name tag and '/' key to switch between short/command line
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    * Create a max_processes key in the configuration file
      The goal is to reduce the number of displayed processes in the curses UI and 
      so limit the CPU footprint of the Glances standalone mode.
      The API always return all the processes, the key is only active in the curses UI.
      If the key is not define, all the processes will be displayed.
      The default value is 20 (processes displayed).
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      For the moment, this feature is only available in standalone mode.
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    * Alias for network interfaces, disks and sensors
      Users can configure alias from the Glances configuration file.
    * Add Glances log message (in the /tmp/glances.log file)
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      The default log level is INFO, you can switch to the DEBUG mode using the -d option on the command line.
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    * Add RESTFul API to the Web server mode
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      RestFul API doc: https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/wiki/The-Glances-RESTFULL-JSON-API
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    * Improve SNMP fallback mode for Cisco IOS, VMware ESXi
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    * Add --theme-white feature to optimize display for white background
    * Experimental history feature (--enable-history option on the command line)
      This feature allows users to generate graphs within the curse interface.
      Graphs are available for CPU, LOAD and MEM.
      To generate graph, click on the 'g' key.
      To reset the history, press the 'r' key.
      Note: This feature uses the matplotlib library.
    * CI: Improve Travis coverage
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Bugs corrected:

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    * Quitting glances leaves a column layout to the current terminal (issue #392)
    * Glances crashes with malformed UTF-8 sequences in process command lines (issue #391)
    * SNMP fallback mode is not Python 3 compliant (issue #386)
    * Trouble using batinfo, hddtemp, pysensors w/ Python (issue #324) 

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Version 2.0.1
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Maintenance version.

Bugs corrected:

    * Error when displaying numeric process user names (#380)
    * Display users without username correctly (#379)
    * Bug when parsing configuration file (#378)
    * The sda2 partition is not seen by glances (#376)
    * Client crash if server is ended during XML request (#375)
    * Error with the Sensors module on Debian/Ubuntu (#373)
    * Windows don't view all processes (#319) 

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Version 2.0
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    Glances v2.0 is not a simple upgrade of the version 1.x but a complete code refactoring.
    Based on a plugins system, it aims at providing an easy way to add news features.
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    - Core defines the basics and commons functions.
    - all stats are grabbed through plugins (see the glances/plugins source folder).
    - also outputs methods (Curse, Web mode, CSV) are managed as plugins.
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    The Curse interface is almost the same than the version 1.7. Some improvements have been made:
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    - space optimisation for the CPU, LOAD and MEM stats (justified alignment)
    - CPU:
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        . CPU stats are displayed as soon as Glances is started
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        . steal CPU alerts are no more logged
    - LOAD:
        . 5 min LOAD alerts are no more logged
    - File System:
        . Display the device name (if space is available)
    - Sensors:
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        . Sensors and HDD temperature are displayed in the same block
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    - Process list:
        . Refactor columns: CPU%, MEM%, VIRT, RES, PID, USER, NICE, STATUS, TIME, IO, Command/name
        . The running processes status is highlighted
        . The process name is highlighted in the command line

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    Glances 2.0 brings a brand new Web Interface. You can run Glances in Web server mode and
    consult the stats directly from a standard Web Browser.
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    The client mode can now fallback to a simple SNMP mode if Glances server is not found on the remote machine.

    Complete release notes:
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    * Cut ifName and DiskName if they are too long in the curses interface (by Nicolargo)
    * Windows CLI is OK but early experimental (by Nicolargo)
    * Add bitrate limits to the networks interfaces (by Nicolargo)
    * Batteries % stats are now in the sensors list (by Nicolargo)
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    * Refactor the client/server password security: using SHA256 (by Nicolargo,
      based on Alessio Sergi's example script)
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    * Refactor the CSV output (by Nicolargo)
    * Glances client fallback to SNMP server if Glances one not found (by Nicolargo)
    * Process list: Highlight running/basename processes (by Alessio Sergi)
    * New Web server mode thk to the Bottle library (by Nicolargo)
    * Responsive design for Bottle interface (by Nicolargo)
    * Remove HTML output (by Nicolargo)
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    * Enable/disable for optional plugins through the command line (by Nicolargo)
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    * Refactor the API (by Nicolargo)
    * Load-5 alert are no longer logged (by Nicolargo)
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    * Rename In/Out by Read/Write for DiskIO according to #339 (by Nicolargo)
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    * Migrate from pysensors to py3sensors (by Alessio Sergi)
    * Migration to PsUtil 2.x (by Nicolargo)
    * New plugins system (by Nicolargo)
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    * Python 2.x and 3.x compatibility (by Alessio Sergi)
    * Code quality improvements (by Alessio Sergi)
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    * Refactor unitaries tests (by Nicolargo)
    * Development now follow the git flow workflow (by Nicolargo)
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Glances Version 1.x
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Version 1.7.7
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    * Fix CVS export [issue #348]
    * Adapt to PSUtil 2.1.1
    * Compatibility with Python 3.4
    * Improve German update
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Version 1.7.6
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    * Adapt to psutil 2.0.0 API
    * Fixed psutil 0.5.x support on Windows
    * Fix help screen in 80x24 terminal size
    * Implement toggle of process list display ('z' key)
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Version 1.7.5
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Version 1.7.4
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    * Add threads number in the task summary line (#308)
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    * Add system uptime (#276)
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    * Add CPU steal % to cpu extended stats (#309)
    * You can hide disk from the IOdisk view using the conf file (#304)
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    * You can hide network interface from the Network view using the conf file
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    * Optimisation of CPU consumption (around ~10%)
    * Correct issue #314: Client/server mode always asks for password
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    * Correct issue #315: Defining password in client/server mode doesn't work as intended
    * Correct issue #316: Crash in client server mode
    * Correct issue #318: Argument parser, try-except blocks never get triggered
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Version 1.7.3
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    * Add --password argument to enter the client/server password from the prompt
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    * Fix an issue with the configuration file path (#296)
    * Fix an issue with the HTML template (#301)
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Version 1.7.2
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    * Console interface is now Microsoft Windows compatible (thk to @fraoustin)
    * Update documentation and Wiki regarding the API
    * Added package name for python sources/headers in openSUSE/SLES/SLED
    * Add FreeBSD packager
    * Bugs corrected

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    * Fix IoWait error on FreeBSD / Mac OS
    * HDDTemp module is now Python v3 compatible
    * Don't warn a process is not running if countmin=0
    * Add Pypi badge on the README.rst
    * Update documentation
    * Add document structure for http://readthedocs.org
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Version 1.7
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    * Add monitored processes list
    * Add hard disk temperature monitoring (thanks to the HDDtemp daemon)
    * Add batteries capacities information (thanks to the Batinfo lib)
    * Add command line argument -r toggles processes (reduce CPU usage)
    * Add command line argument -1 to run Glances in per CPU mode
    * Platform/architecture is more specific now
    * XML-RPC server: Add IPv6 support for the client/server mode
    * Add support for local conf file
    * Add a uninstall script
    * Add getNetTimeSinceLastUpdate() getDiskTimeSinceLastUpdate() and getProcessDiskTimeSinceLastUpdate() in the API
    * Add more translation: Italien, Chinese
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    * and last but not least... up to 100 hundred bugs corrected / software and
    * docs improvements
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    * Add per-user settings (configuration file) support
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    * Add -z/--nobold option for better appearance under Solarized terminal
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    * Key 'u' shows cumulative net traffic
    * Work in improving autoUnit
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    * Take into account the number of core in the CPU process limit
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    * API improvment add time_since_update for disk, process_disk and network
    * Improve help display
    * Add more dummy FS to the ignore list
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    * Code refactory: PsUtil < 0.4.1 is depredicated (Thk to Alessio)
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    * Correct a bug on the CPU process limit
    * Fix crash bug when specifying custom server port
    * Add Debian style init script for the Glances server
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Version 1.6
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    * Configuration file: user can defines limits
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    * In client/server mode, limits are set by the server side
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    * Display limits in the help screen
    * Add per process IO (read and write) rate in B per second
      IO rate only available on Linux from a root account
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    * If CPU iowait alert then sort by processes by IO rate
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    * Per CPU display IOwait (if data is available)
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    * Process column style auto (underline) or manual (bold)
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    * Display a sort indicator (is space is available)
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    * Change the table key in the help screen
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Version 1.5.2
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    * Add sensors module (enable it with -e option)
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    * Improve CPU stats (IO wait, Nice, IRQ)
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    * More stats in lower space (yes it's possible)
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    * Refactor processes list and count (lower CPU/MEM footprint)
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    * Add functions to the RCP method
    * Completed unit test
    * and fixes...
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Version 1.5.1
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    * Patch for PsUtil 0.4 compatibility
    * Test PsUtil version before running Glances

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Version 1.5
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    * Add a client/server mode (XMLRPC) for remote monitoring
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    * Add 'w' shortkey to delete finished warning message
    * Add 'x' shortkey to delete finished warning/critical message
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    * Bugs correction
    * Code optimization
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Version 1.4.2.2
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    * Add switch between bit/sec and byte/sec for network IO
    * Add Changelog (generated with gitchangelog)
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Version 1.4.2.1
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    * Use the news virtual_memory() and virtual_swap() fct (PsUtil)
    * Display "Top process" in logs
    * Minor patch on man page for Debian packaging
    * Code optimization (less try and except)
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    * Per core CPU stats (if space is available)
    * Add Process IO Read/Write information (if space is available)
    * Uniformize units
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    * Goodby StatGrab... Welcome to the PsUtil library !
    * No more autotools, use setup.py to install (or package)
    * Only major stats (CPU, Load and memory) use background colors
    * Improve operating system name detection
    * New system info: one-line layout and add Arch Linux support
    * No decimal places for values < GB
    * New memory and swap layout
    * Add percentage of usage for both memory and swap
    * Add MEM% usage, NICE, STATUS, UID, PID and running TIME per process
    * Add sort by MEM% ('m' key)
    * Add sort by Process name ('p' key)
    * Multiple minor fixes, changes and improvements
    * Disable Disk IO module from the command line (-d)
    * Disable Mount module from the command line (-m)
    * Disable Net rate module from the command line (-n)
    * Improved FreeBSD support
    * Cleaning code and style
    * Code is now checked with pep8
    * CSV and HTML output (experimental functions, no yet documentation)
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    * Display (if terminal space is available) an alerts history (logs)
    * Add a limits classe to manage stats limits
    * Manage black and white console (issue #31)
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    * Add control before libs import
    * Change static Python path (issue #20)
    * Correct a bug with a network interface disaippear (issue #27)
    * Add French and Spanish translation (thx to Jean Bob)
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    * Add an help panel when Glances is running (key: 'h')
    * Add keys descriptions in the syntax (--help | -h)
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    * New key: 'n' to enable/disable network stats
    * New key: 'd' to enable/disable disk IO stats
    * New key: 'f' to enable/disable FS stats
    * Reorganised the screen when stat are not available|disable
    * Force Glances to use the enmbeded fs stats (issue #16)
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    * Center the host / system information
    * Always put the hour/date in the bottom/right
    * Correct a bug if there is a lot of Disk/IO
    * Add control about available libstatgrab functions
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    * Add alert for network bit rate°
    * Change the caption
    * Optimised net, disk IO and fs display (share the space)
      Disable on Ubuntu because the libstatgrab return a zero value
      for the network interface speed.
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    * Add alert on load (depend on number of CPU core)
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    * Add file system stats (total and used space)
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    * Adapt unit dynamically (K, M, G)
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    * Add man page (Thanks to Edouard Bourguignon)
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    * Add disk IO monitoring
    * Add caption
    * Correct a bug when computing the bitrate with the option -t
    * Catch CTRL-C before init the screen (Bug #2)
    * Check if mem.total = 0 before division (Bug #1)