Update Information: November 5, 2014 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
Chess for Android 4.5.1 (WB/UCI)
Aart Bik's free GUI + chess engine for Android
- bugfixes and improvements
http://aartbik.blogspot.com/ (blog)
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/android.html (homepage and download)
Chess Programming Blogs
Nothing new today
Wiki Page 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
Areca Backup 7.4.8
open-source backup for Windows and Linux
http://sourceforge.net/projects/areca/files/areca-stable/ (download)
http://www.areca-backup.org/ (homepage)
Avira AntiVir Personal 14.0.7.342 Free
antivirus product; the free version pops up annoying intermittent ads
http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus
openSUSE 13.2
independent Linux distro; supports all major desktops; #5 in popularity
- newest release supports file system snapshots and reverting to earlier states (ie: uninstall of bad updates)
http://www.opensuse.org/
Pisi 1.1
independent Linux distro; KDE, LXDE, & Xfce desktops; #278 in popularity
- one of the few distros (besides Slackware and Gentoo-based ones) avoiding use of systemd
http://www.pisilinux.org/
Puppy Linux -- Quirky live-CD 6.2.1.91
- this is not the usual type of Puppy release; it's experimental and needs significant resources
http://bkhome.org/news/?viewDetailed=00102 (announcement)
Salix 14.1
Linux distro based on Slackware; Fluxbox, KDE, LXDE, MATE, Xfce desktops; #35 in popularity
http://www.salixos.org/
UltraVNC 1.2.0.4
open source, cross-platform remote desktop; can view/control Win, Linux, or Mac
http://www.uvnc.com/ (homepage)
http://www.uvnc.com/downloads/ultravnc.html (download)
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Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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