Update Information: August 13, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Dann Corbit homepage down for 48 days (broken computer!)
Matacz homepage down for 15 days (a 110mb.com site)
Smaug homepage down for 19 days
Superchessengine homepage down for 62 days (Bibi, Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer, Smash & Toga II)
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
Puppy Linux 'Wary 5.1.3'
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
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 release, you use the version with the software you want
- "Wary Puppy is intended to be our on-going commitment to older hardware."
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (news & download)
http://puppylinux.org/ (PuppyLinux homepage)
Python 3.2.2 RC 1
popular open source programming language
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.python.org/ (homepage)
http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.2.1/ (more info)
RSSOwl 2.1.2
open source, cross-platform Java RSS newsreader
http://www.rssowl.org/
Zero Install 1.1.1
open source, cross platform, decentralised cross-distribution software installation system
"Create one package that works everywhere; With dependency handling and automatic updates"
Zero Install programs are fetched at runtime the first time and run from your cache subsequently
- release is from 3 weeks ago
http://0install.net/faq.html (FAQ)
http://0install.net/ (homepage)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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