Update Information: July 23, 2014 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Coiled 0.2b (UCI)
Win32/64, Linux32/64
- first time for 64-bit builds
http://www.oscargavira.es/?sec=Coiled_Informacion
Sayuri 2014.07.23 (UCI)
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 cores); Win64, Linux64
- intended for clang compiler using cmake
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases (source + builds)
Vajolet 2-1.43 (UCI)
C++ source; multiPV; Win32/64
- first time for 64-bit build
http://code.google.com/p/vajolet/ (source code)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8vVDpJcWkc9dU5hV0hINWNFWDA/edit?usp=sharing (download)
Rybka Fossils (UCI)
- this package is removed from the Computer-Chess Wiki
- the builds were not by Jim Ablett nor by Dann Corbit -- they are available elsewhere
http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=10070 (alt download)
Chess News
Frank's Chess Page
Frank Quisinsky's page
- update #035
http://www.amateurschach.de/main/_news.htm
Chess Programming Blogs
Nothing new today
Wiki Page Changes
the following pages were updated by Norbert Raimund Leisner:
gui_protocol_support_list
variants_engine_list
private_engine_list was also updated
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
Adblock Plus 2.6.4 for Firefox
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/
BitTorrent 7.9.2 (build 32507)
freeware; the original bit torrent program
http://www.bittorrent.com/
DataCrow 4.0.0
free, open source media manager/cataloger for movies, books, music, software, chess, etc.
http://www.datacrow.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/datacrow/ (project page)
FileZilla Client 3.9.0.1
open source cross-platform ftp client; recommended
- quick bugfix for recent release package
http://filezilla-project.org/
https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1 (downloads)
Firefox 31.0
popular, free, open source browser
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)
Kali Linux 1.0.8
based on Debian (testing); GNOME desktop; #16 in popularity
- mostly used for forensic/security/rescue purposes
http://www.kali.org/
Opera 23
open source web browser; popular browser for tablets and phones
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)
Paint.NET 4.0.3
very nice free image and photo editing software (paint program)
http://www.getpaint.net/
Tails 1.1
Debian-based Linux32 distro; GNOME desktop; #27 in popularity
distro has the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user
https://tails.boum.org/
Thunderbird 31.0
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)
ToDoList 6.9, Beta 4
free todo list / calendar program with nestable todos, recurring reminders, Gantt charts, etc
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.abstractspoon.com/
Vala 0.25.1 Development
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 a *development* release (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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