Engine Updates

GreKo 12.0 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; limit strength; Win32/64
- "as usual, do not expect terrific boost in playing strength"
- added internal iterative deepening code (IID search)
- late moves reduction logic changed (count quiet moves only)
- default evaluation weights modified
http://greko.110mb.com/index.html (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/greko/files/ (Sourceforge download)

MyTeacheR 0.2 (WB)
by Mickael Faivre-Maçon
engine discovered by Silvian 'Ruxy' Sylwyka
Ruby source; requires installation of a compatible Ruby interpreter
- this engine moved from the Source Code Only List to the main list at the insistence of Ruxy
- Warning: latest Ruby interpreter is totally incompatible with older Ruby source code
- please direct all questions on how to run this program to Ruxy!
http://micktaiwan.blogspot.com/search/label/chess (blog in French)
http://sites.google.com/site/faivrem/home/myteacher (homepage)
http://github.com/micktaiwan/MyTeacheR/archive/master.zip (direct link)

Chess News

Nothing new today

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

Engine GUI List
- Arasan: added another link
- CoffeeHouse: updated link
- Toledo Nanochess: removed bad comment; added a link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

GUI Protocol List
- CoffeeHouse: updated link
- changed 'Decaf' name to 'Decaf Chess Interface'
- changed 'Raptor' name to 'Raptor Chess Interface'
- Javascript Universal Chess Interface & Java Chess Protocol Interface re-arranged in list
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Native Engine List
- Lozza Chess: updated a link and removed a link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_engine_list

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

Arch Linux 2014.04.01
independent rolling release distro; desktops: Blackbox, Fluxbox, GNOME, IceWM, KDE, LXDE, Openbox, WMaker, Xfce; #7 in popularity
http://www.archlinux.org/

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2014.4355
free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh.line-2014

BitTorrent 7.9.1 (build 30739)
freeware; the original bit torrent program
http://www.bittorrent.com/

Clonezilla Live 2.2.2-32 Stable
open source system image backup/restore (Live) or multicast new system images (SE)
http://clonezilla.org/
http://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/news/ (release notes)

FreeFileSync 6.4
open source Win32/64 & Linux folder comparison and synchronization tool; recommended
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/ (project page)
http://freefilesync.sf.net/ (homepage)

Greenshot 1.1.8.35
free, open source screenshot capture program for Windows
http://getgreenshot.org/

Jenkins 1.558
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

Kingsoft Office Free 2013 v9.1.0.4550
cross-platform office suite composed of word processor, spreadsheet and presentation manager,
PDF converter; spell check; imports Word doc & docx files
http://www.ksosoft.com/product/office-free.html

MariaDB 10.0.10 Stable
open source fork of MySQL; completely compatible w/MySQL; w/extra db engines & extra features
"MariaDB is a binary drop-in replacement for MySQL"
MariaDB restores several significant features that Oracle has dropped from MySQL
MariaDB adds several notable features that were always missing from MySQL (parallel & multi-source replication)
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/what-is-mariadb-100 (What is MariaDB 10.0?)
http://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/10.0.10/ (MariaDB 10.0.10 page)

TortoiseGit 1.8.8.0
Win or Mac client for Git version control system
http://tortoisegit.org/

Transmission-Qt Win 2.82.2
open source BitTorrent client for Windows
http://trqtw.sourceforge.net/blog/

Meaning of Colors

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

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Yes I noticed this today. See my April 2 post