Update Information: February 23, 2014 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
LiliaChess Chess GUI 4.4.3.0 (WB/UCI)
free Chess GUI + some freely available chess engines
cross-platform (Java)
- the GUI performs time control (#moves and time left for each engine)
- UNDO option reimplemented (human-engine games only) both with "remove" and "undo" commands
- the ResizerButtons (top-right) are disabled when a game is in progress.
http://www.liliachess.org/
Chess Programming Blogs
Tarrasch Chess GUI: http://triplehappy.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/tarrasch-v3-development-now-on-github/
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
Dropbox 2.6.13
free, cross-platform, browser-based online backup, file sync, and cloud-based file sharing
- 2 GB of space for free
http://www.dropbox.com/
Eclipse 4.3.2, RC 4A
open source extensible IDE framework supporting plugins for almost all programming languages
w/ syntax highlighting, intellisense, code completion, templates, version control, more
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.eclipse.org/ (homepage)
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/M-4.3.2RC4a-201402211700/ (announcement)
GNUplot 4.6.5
open source, cross platform, command-line driven, 2D/3D graphing/plotting
http://www.gnuplot.info/ (homepage)
http://www.gnuplot.info/announce_4.6.5.txt (release notes)
Lcc for Win32/64
small, simple, fast open source C compiler & development tools; Windows-hosted with cross compiling facilities
free for non-commercial use
- version number is unknown
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/README (changes)
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/ (website + downloads)
phpMyAdmin 4.1.8
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php
ToDoList 6.8.10
free todo list / calendar program with nestable todos, recurring reminders, Gantt charts, etc
http://www.abstractspoon.com/
Vala/Genie 0.23.3 Beta
Vala language resembles C# and Genie language resembles Python
the common language compiler outputs OO C code using the GObject library
not yet at version 1.0, but some large apps are written in Vala/Genie
- this is the *development* branch (beta)
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala info)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie info)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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