Engine Updates

Arasan 19.0 (XB/UCI)
C++ source; own GUI, mp; multiPV; Win32/64, Linux, Mac; can use Nalimov, Gaviota or Syzyzgy egtbs
- added support for Syzyzgy egtbs
- "I estimate about +20 Elo"
http://www.arasanchess.org/

Chess0 0.5.1 (XB)
C++ source; Linux, Mac, Win
https://github.com/mkd/chess0

Chiron 3 (XB/UCI)
commercial, FRC, mp; multiPV; adjust strength; supports Polyglot & ctg opening books; supports Nalimov, Gaviota, & Syzyzgy egtbs; Win32/64
- added Android support
http://www.chironchess.com/

HoiChess 0.17.0 (XB)
C++ source; mp; Linux, Win; variant play
- latest version available as source-code-only
http://www.hoicher.de/hoichess/download/

Soberango 0.04.2 (XB)
Win32
http://www.luisbtenis.com.ar/Soberango/Soberango.html

Chess News

Jerry Chess GUI 3.01 pre-release (UCI)
cross-platform Chess GUI for UCI, writtern in Python
- author admits speed and scaling problems due to Python
- threading is limited due to Python GIL
- this version is in C++ and will not suffer the same problems
- this early beta release is for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 64 bit only
http://asdfjkl.github.io/jerry/ (source)
https://github.com/asdfjkl/jerry/releases (download)

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- modified EPD programs: all EPD programs - fixed UTF-8 issue
- new EPD program; added: epdMask - extracts positions containing a user-specified structure
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/40H.html

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Updated Wiki Pages

all updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner

Engine GUI List
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Native Engine List
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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. Microsoft won the battle, but lost the war. If I can't trust a company to do an update, how can I trust it at all? All future updates of Windows-only software will no longer be listed here.

4MLinux 17.0
independent Linux distro; JWM desktop; #55 in popularity
http://4mlinux.com/

Adblock Plus 2.7.3 for Firefox
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
- not related to AdBlocck
http://adblockplus.org/en/

Atom 1.7.3
open source web-based programming editor/IDE runs as a desktop app
- lots of plugins and extensions, and language bindings
https://atom.io/

Calibre 2.56.0
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/

Firefox 46.0
popular, free, open source browser
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)

GCC 6.1.0
open source C/C++ compiler for Linux
includes front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, Ada, and Go, as well as libraries for these languages
- bugfixes & stability changes
- latest version is GCC 5.3.0
http://gcc.gnu.org/ (homepage)
https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-6/changes.html (6.x changes)

Git 2.8.2
cross-platform, distributed version control system that is free and open source
http://git-scm.com/

Google Chrome 50.0.2661.94
popular cross-platform web browser
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/?

GParted Live 0.26.0-1 Stable
open source Gnome Partition Editor - resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)

ImageMagick 7.0.1-0
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

MariaDB 10.0.25 Stable
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?)

Meld 3.16.0
open-source visual file/folder difference and merge program for Linux, Mac & Win
- compare files, directories, and version controlled projects
- two- and three-way comparison of both files and directories
- edit files in-place and on-the-fly
- source code syntax highlighting
- built-in regex text filtering to ignore uninteresting differences
http://meldmerge.org/

Mercurial 3.8.1
free, cross-platform, open-source distributed version control management tool
https://www.mercurial-scm.org/

MongoDB 3.2.6 Stable
free, open source NoSQL database; uses document store model
http://www.mongodb.org/downloads

PeaZip 6.0.1
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)

Perl 5.22.2
popular open source scripting language
http://www.perl.org/ (homepage)

PHP 7.0.6
PHP 5.6.21
PHP 5.5.35
PHP is a very popular and practical general-purpose open source scripting language; it is primarily used for web applications
- bufix and security fixes only for older versions
- latest version is PHP 7.0.6
http://php.net/

Ruby 2.3.1
popular scripting language, often used with Rails library
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/ (homepage)

Sabayon 16.05
Gentoo-based, rolling release distro; choice of desktops: GNOME, KDE, MATE or Xfce; #33 in popularity
- this is the monthly update release
http://www.sabayon.org/

SparkyLinux 4.3
Debian-based distro; Enlightenment, LXDE, MATE, Openbox desktops; #38 in popularity
http://sparkylinux.org/

Subversion 1.9.4
open source, cross-platform centralized version control system
http://subversion.apache.org/

Tails 2.3
Debian-based Linux32 distro; GNOME desktop; #23 in popularity
distro has the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user
https://tails.boum.org/

Tor Browser 5.5.5
attempts to maintain your privacy online
- helps you anonymize web browsing and publishing, IM, and other applications that use the TCP protocol
- ISPs, key loggers and other types of malware are not able to track your activities easily
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en

VirtualBox 5.0.20
open source, general-purpose, full virtualizer for x86 and AMD64/Intel64 hardware
runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris as host
install one or more guest operating systems onto the same computer
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes (list of guest operating systems)
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog (changelog)
http://www.virtualbox.org/ (homepage)

Wine 1.9.9 Development
a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems
such as Linux, Mac OSX, & BSD
https://www.winehq.org/ (homepage)
https://www.winehq.org/announce/1.8 (announcement)

Voyager 16.04
Linux distro based on Debian Stable (Xubuntu); XFCE desktop; #88 in popularity
http://voyagerlive.org/

WordPress 4.5.1
free, popular, open source website/blog creation using PHP & MySQL w/ many plugins & themes
http://wordpress.org/

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

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