Engine Updates

Galjoen 0.32 (XB/UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64; uses Polyglot books
- "probably 50 Elo stronger than 0.31"
http://www.goudengaljoen.be/

Nemeton 1.3 (XB)
Pascal source; Win32
http://1drv.ms/1Rc7qaX (direct link)

PyChess 0.12.3 (XB)
Python source; Win, Linux, Mac; requires Python interpreter with '-u' option invoked (to disable i/o buffering)
http://pychess.org/
https://github.com/pychess/pychess/releases (downloads)

Rodent II (UCI)
C source; Win32/64; limit strength; originally based on Sungorus code; supports Polyglot opening book
- silent update, vwersion number unchanged: added new, more compatible, 64-bit compile to package
http://www.pkoziol.cal24.pl/rodent/rodent_download.htm

Sting SF 6.3 (UCI)
Sting SF 6.2 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64; requires extra dlls (not included); Stockfish derivative
- released, then removed
- latest official release remains Sting SF 6.1
http://www.mediafire.com/download/qvicuun86cweahn/sting-sf-63.zip (direct link)

Chess News

Jim Ablett Android compiles
- Stockfish 7 dev (c13052f) JA (UCI)
- Rodent II JA (UCI)
- Tucano 6.0.0 JA (XB)
- Galjoen 0.3.2 JA (XB/UCI)
- Arasan 18.3 JA (XB/UCI)
http://jimablett.net63.net/compiles.html

Ordo 1.1.2
calculates relative ratings based on game results
https://github.com/michiguel/Ordo/releases

Ordoprep 0.9.5
new program by Miguel Ballicora
- "preparation of PGN files for rating calculation programs such as Ordo"
https://github.com/michiguel/Ordoprep/releases

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Updated Wiki Pages

FACE Tournament
- updated pages: face, conditions, and download
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

Macintosh Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:macintosh_engine_list

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

Warnings:
- do not install unwanted toolbars, etc.
- alpha releases have new features; crashes and bugs are to be expected
- beta releases have new features; they may contain bugs or crash
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare

NOTE: I had an argument with Microsoft. They thought they owned my computer, I thought I did. Microsoft won by cheating, they clobbered my sys admin settings. All future updates of Windows-only software will no longer be listed here.

Adblock Plus 2.7.2 for Firefox
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
- not related to AdBlocck
http://adblockplus.org/en/

Adobe Shockwave Player 12.2.4.194
free cross-platform flash video player for browsers
- Flash stands alone in first-place as the most common avenue of infection
- Adobe bundles unwanted 3rd party crapware, beware!
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Calibre 2.52.0
cross-platform open source ebook manager supporting all popular ebook readers
with format conversion, news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

CDT 8.8.1
open source, fully-featured C/C++ IDE plugin for Eclipse
http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/

Chakra 2016.02
independent rolling-release Linux distro (originally forked from Arch); KDE desktop; #57 in popularity
http://chakra-linux.org/

Drupal 7.43
open source PHP-based content management platform for easy website creation
- security update to an older version
http://drupal.org/home

Eclipse 4.5.2
open source extensible IDE framework supporting plugins for almost all programming languages
w/ syntax highlighting, intellisense, code completion, templates, version control, more
http://www.eclipse.org/ (homepage)

Filezilla Client 3.16.0
open source cross-platform ftp client; recommended
http://filezilla-project.org/
https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1 (downloads)

Ghostery 6.0
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets on every web page you visit;
"See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
http://www.ghostery.com/download

Git 2.7.2
cross-platform, distributed version control system that is free and open source
http://git-scm.com/

GNUplot 5.0.3
open source, cross platform, command-line driven, 2D/3D graphing/plotting
http://www.gnuplot.info/ (homepage)

Groovy 2.4.6
open source jvm dynamic scripting language; it is a superset of the Java language
http://www.groovy-lang.org/ (homepage)

HHVM 3.12.1
Facebook's open-source replacement/improvement of the PHP programming language
- HHVM programs run much faster than PHP programs
- package includes the Hack programming language, version 3.12.1
https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/releases

ImageMagick 6.9.3-6
cross-platform, open-source program to manipulate images
- create, edit, compose, or convert images files (200+ formats)
- bmp, png, jpg, gif, tiff, svg, etc.
- resize, flip, mirror, rotate, distort, shear and transform
- adjust image, apply special effects,
- draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses & Bézier curves
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php

IzPack 5.0.7
free Java cross-platform installer for packaging, distributing and deploying applications
http://izpack.org/

Jenkins 1.651
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

Linux Kernel 4.4.3
- the Linux kernel has been updated
http://www.kernel.org/

MariaDB 10.1.12
open source fork of MySQL; completely compatible w/MySQL; w/extra DB engines & extra features
"MariaDB is a binary drop-in replacement for MySQL"
MariaDB restores several significant features that Oracle has dropped from MySQL
- gaining popularity from MySQL, a work-alike competitor with fewer features
- 5.x version stays in sync with MySQL 5.x; version 10 is an improved version of it
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features vs MySQL)
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/what-is-mariadb-100 (What is MariaDB 10?)
http://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/10.0.24/ (MariaDB 10.0.24 page)

Pale Moon 26.1.1
open source, efficiency-optimized build of Firefox source code for Windows or Linux
- 32 & 64-bit versions available
http://www.palemoon.org/

PCLinuxOS 2016.03
independent, rolling-release Linux distro; KDE, LXDE & MATE desktops; #13 in popularity
- this is an easy Linux distro for people who are only familiar with Windows
http://www.pclinuxos.com/

PeaZip 6.0.0
open source cross-platform file and archive manager; available as portable app also
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, WIM, XZ, ZIP
- extract 150+ archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, etc.
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip/files/6.0.0/ (6.0.0 downloads)

phpMyAdmin 4.5.5.1
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Sabayon 16.03
Gentoo-based, rolling release distro; choice of desktops: GNOME, KDE, MATE or Xfce; #31 in popularity
- this is the monthly update release
http://www.sabayon.org/

TCL 8.6.5
rapid development scripting language, often paired with TK GUI toolset
http://www.tcl.tk/

Vuze 5.7.1.0
open source Java-based BitTorrent client formerly known as Azureus
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index.php

Wireshark 2.0.2 Stable
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
http://www.wireshark.org/

Meaning of Colors

Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

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