3.8.0 - Windows Installer 💾

[mathoudebine]

Windows Installer now available

This feature has been requested a lot in Issues and Discussions, it is now available starting from this release!
It means Windows users will now be able to easily install and update the Turing System Monitor program without having to install Python and dependencies manually.

During the first installation, the System Monitor is installed along all default themes and configuration.
When updating to a newer version, the installer will offer a way to reinstall default themes and configuration. This is unchecked by default in case the user has made changes to the default themes and want to keep it. Custom themes added manually will always be preserved.

After installation is complete, the System Monitor program will be installed in %localappdata%\Programs\Turing System Monitor and can be launched (or uninstalled) from the Start Menu:

If you already used the System Monitor program on your machine, you will need to reconfigure it and import your themes to %localappdata%\Programs\Turing System Monitor\themes. To open this folder type Win+R and enter this path then press Enter.

Every time a new release is created, the Windows installer will be built by Github Actions and attached to the release notes: see "Assets" below this message and download turing-system-monitor_3.8.0.exe now!

Python 3.8 support removed

Python 3.8 is now EOL and support has ended since 2024-10. Some Python modules this project uses have started to drop Python 3.8 support, which means this project cannot support Python 3.8 anymore.
If you have Python 3.8, you can stick to the previous version of this project (3.7.0) or update Python.

New themes

@takattila added its themes to this project, thanks!

All changes

• ⬆️ Update ruamel-yaml requirement from ~=0.18.6 to ~=0.18.7 by @dependabot in ⬆️ Update ruamel-yaml requirement from ~=0.18.6 to ~=0.18.7 #633
• Fix time/date fields of all themes to avoid ghosting by @mathoudebine in Fix time/date fields of all themes to avoid ghosting #636
• ⬆️ Update pillow requirement from ~=11.0.0 to ~=11.1.0 by @dependabot in ⬆️ Update pillow requirement from ~=11.0.0 to ~=11.1.0 #637
• ⬆️ Update ruamel-yaml requirement from ~=0.18.7 to ~=0.18.8 by @dependabot in ⬆️ Update ruamel-yaml requirement from ~=0.18.7 to ~=0.18.8 #638
• Add weather and ping options to configure wizard by @mathoudebine in Add weather and ping options to configure wizard #639
• Fix most type hinting issues in library/lcd by @hchargois in Fix most type hinting issues in library/lcd #622
• ⬆️ Update ruamel-yaml requirement from ~=0.18.8 to ~=0.18.10 by @dependabot in ⬆️ Update ruamel-yaml requirement from ~=0.18.8 to ~=0.18.10 #643
• Create installer for Windows by @mathoudebine in Create installer for Windows #640
• Remove Python 3.8 support by @mathoudebine in Remove Python 3.8 support #658
• ⬆️ Update numpy requirement from ~=2.2.1 to ~=2.2.2 by @dependabot in ⬆️ Update numpy requirement from ~=2.2.1 to ~=2.2.2 #651
• ⬆️ Bump Minionguyjpro/Inno-Setup-Action from 1.2.2 to 1.2.5 by @dependabot in ⬆️ Bump Minionguyjpro/Inno-Setup-Action from 1.2.2 to 1.2.5 #659
• ⬆️ Update babel requirement from ~=2.16.0 to ~=2.17.0 by @dependabot in ⬆️ Update babel requirement from ~=2.16.0 to ~=2.17.0 #663
• Simple themes by @takattila in Simple themes #662

New Contributors

• @takattila made their first contribution in Simple themes #662

Full Changelog: 3.7.0...3.8.0

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