Update Information: October 18, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Capivara LK 0.08b10 Beta (UCI)
Win32/64; TSCP derivative; requires VC runtimes
http://vivaxadrez.wikispaces.com/capivara
Chess News
Scid On The Go 1.33 for Android
Scid database browser ported to the Android by Gerhard Kalab
http://code.google.com/p/scidonthego/
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Dann Corbit homepage down for 480 days
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 17 days (a 110mb.com site)
Pyotr homepage down for 17 days (no response in 60 seconds)
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
Defraggler 2.11
free file/directory/drive defragmenter with scheduling & other options
http://www.piriform.com/defraggler
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2012/10/18/defraggler-v211 (announcement)
LibreOffice 3.5.7
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
Note: OpenOffice (Apache), LibreOffice (Document Foundation), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same
Note: there is a newer 3.6 branch available
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.65.1
free Windows anti-virus; detect and remove malware that others fail to detect
free version does *not* provide memory resident protection
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free
Miranda IM 0.10.5
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/
NetBSD 6.0
BSD-based distro; Desktops: AfterStep, Blackbox, Fluxbox, GNOME, IceWM, KDE, Openbox, WMaker, Xfce; #102 in popularity
http://www.netbsd.org/
PHP 5.4.8
PHP 5.3.18
PHP is a very popular open source scripting language; it is used for web applications mostly
http://php.net/ (homepage)
Ubuntu 12.10
Debian-based Linux distro; Unity desktop; #3 in popularity
- Kubuntu 12.10 (Ubuntu with KDE desktop); #29 in popularity
- Lubuntu 12.10 (Ubuntu with LXDE desktop); #15 in popularity
- Xubuntu 12.10 (Ubuntu with XFCE desktop); #25 in popularity
http://www.ubuntu.com/ (Ubuntu)
http://www.kubuntu.org/ (Kubuntu)
http://lubuntu.net/ (Lubuntu)
http://www.xubuntu.org/ (Xubuntu)
VirtualBox 4.2.2
open source, general-purpose, full virtualizer for x86 and AMD64/Intel64 hardware
runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris as host
install several guest operating systems onto the same computer
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes (list of guest operating systems)
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog (changelog)
http://www.virtualbox.org/ (homepage)
VLC Media Player 2.0.4
open source, cross-platform multimedia player (audio/video)
http://www.videolan.org/
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Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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