Engine Updates

Komodo 5.1 MP, rev. 2 (UCI)
commercial; Win32/64, Linux 64, Mac; own GUI (Tarrasch Chess GUI); limit strength
- bugfix update
http://komodochess.com/

Virutor Chess 1.1.1 (UCI)
Win32, Android; requires several external dll's (included)
- Win32 & Android builds only (Linux build not ready yet)
https://sites.google.com/site/virutor/

Chess News

Jim Ablett Linux Chess Distros
lots of chess software and lots of Linux engines
- for 32-bit or 64-bit CPUs
- burn a bootable CD/DVD from the iso image
- booting from this disk will not affect your Windows or Linux installation
- 64-bit version can be updated with newer GCC 4.7.1 compiler vs older GCC 4.5.2)
https://mega.co.nz/#!GZlHTIDY!MBYW1VAPRV64XBVeAKwpRyHrYFIWWinrmOudWVxfg1o (direct link)
http://jimablett.net63.net/chess_755/chess-distros.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bestia homepage down for 4 days (a 110mb.com site)
Fianchetto homepage down for 4 days (502: bad gateway)
Hoffman (deep eg anylyzer) homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 4 days (a 110mb.com site)
Revati homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Wing homepage down for 69 days (not found)

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

PyPy 2.1, Beta 1 (Python)
cross-platform, open source Python implementation; choose JIT (default), no JIT, stackless, or sandboxed;
also available: back ends for .NET and Java (see: 'Features' page);
other languages that run in the JIT: Prolog (incomplete), Smalltalk, JavaScript, Io, Scheme and Gameboy
for Win32, Linux 32/64, Mac64, & ARM
- this is a *beta* release
http://pypy.org/ (homepage)
http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/release-2.1.0-beta1.html (announcement)

Qt Creator 2.8.0
open source cross-platform IDE for C/C++ and JavaScript
Features: syntax highlighting for many languages, plugins, version control, code completion, function call tips, more
although the IDE encourages using Qt libraries, the choice is not forced
http://qt.nokia.com/products/developer-tools
http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/downloads#qt-creator (download)

Meaning of Colors

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

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