Update Information: May 15, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
Jim Ablett Android builds
Android Chess Engines (UCI)
for use in Aart Bik's 'Chess for Android' GUI
- Daydreamer 1.75
- Smash 1.03
http://jimablett.hostwebs.com/
Down/Problem Chess Websites
BabyChess homepage down for 36 days (404: page not found)
Frenzee homepage down for 269 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Grizzly broken promise (move to new homepage) not done after 29 days
Loop homepage down for 17 days (serious clone accusation may have ended Loop)
MFChess homepage down for 23 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Sjakk homepage back up
Wiki Changes
Nothing new today
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
FileZilla Client 3.5.0 RC 2
open source ftp client; recommended
- this is a *release candidate*
http://filezilla-project.org/
Perl 5.14.0
open source scripting language
http://www.perl.org/
Puppy Linux 'Lucid 525 Retro-2.6.30.5'
open source, boots from a CD (your Windows installation is unchanged) w/ simple instruction manual
old, slow computers run very well using Puppy's all-in-memory Linux kernel
Lucid is a Ubuntu-compatible version & can download from vast Ubuntu repositories
there are many versions of Puppy available, each with a specific purpose
you will need to know how to burn a disk from an ISO image
Puppy is an easy-to-learn, easy-to-use Linux distribution for Windows users; recommended
you don't necessarily use the latest version, you use the version with the software you want
- this the latest Lucid software running on an older kernel w/older drivers
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (news)
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (announcement)
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=67724 (announcement)
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=65136 (Lucid forum)
http://puppylinux.org/ (homepage)
System Explorer 2.8.1
free; detailed info about tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows, services, drivers,
connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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