StressLinux is a minimalistic Linux distribution aimed at stress-testing PCs under the best conditions. The latest release, StressLinux 0.5.111, has been launched bringing a number of improvements and updates over the previous versions. StressLinux is now based on openSUSE 11.2 and most core packages have been updated in 0.5.111.

“The base distribution is now openSUSE 11.2 with additional drivers for r8168 and r8101. The packages stress, bandwidth, x86info, smartmontools, busybox, sensors and stressapptest were updated to current versions. This release includes raid utilities for different hardware raid controllers, these include: tw_cli, arecacli, hpacucli, megacli, mpt-status and lsiutil. Wireless networks should also work better with this release. sl-wizard includes an entry for direct sensors-detect startup,” Stress Linux developer Carsten Schöne wrote in the official announcement on the homepage. 

Included in StressLinux 0.5.111:

· BusyBox;
· Supportutils - modified for StressLinux;
· Stress;
· Stressapptest;
· CPU burn;
· Nbench;
· Hddtemp;
· Lm_sensors;
· Lshw;
· Bonnie++;
· Netio;
· Nepim;
· Netperf;
· Iperf;
· Smartmontools;
· x86info;
· Memtester;
· Bandwidth;
· Memtest86;
· Memtest86+;
· Tw_cli;
· Arecacli;
· Hpacucli;
· Megacli;
· Mpt-status;
· Lsiutil.

About StressLinux

StressLinux is a live CD/USB Linux distribution that bundles a big number of apps aimed at testing various components of your PC, as well as the network connection. It subjects the CPU or other components to a high computational load while enabling users to monitor the temperature and the stability of the system. The distro caters especially to system administrators and overclocking enthusiasts who want to push their machines to the limit.

StressLinux doesn’t come with any desktop environment or GUI, so users should be comfortable or at least familiar with the Linux console. Since the distro has a very pure purpose, all you really need to know is how to launch the various utilities included.

The default username and password of StressLinux 0.5.111 are both ‘stress’. The root password is ‘stresslinux’.

StressLinux 0.5.111 is available for download here on Softpedia.