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Update Information: April 3, 2015 (Updates)

by Ron @, Friday, April 03, 2015, 17:56

Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win32 builds
Carnivor 1.0 JA (WB)
C source; Win32
- for source code, look inside 'EarlyWork.zip' file
https://www.mediafire.com/?4npbipdezyjqhxm (source - direct link)
https://mega.co.nz/#!WIMByDpT!uTMJhHJEc62gdBli7nnCy-GTPy3qLoPoA9_TTL0pGZw (direct link)

Gogobello 0.9 (WB)
Win64
- pondering bug fix
- added attack tables
- implroved king safety
- added history reductions
http://www.g-sei.org/gogobello/ (G-Sei)
http://sasachess.altervista.org/gogobello/ (homepage)

Chess News

Graham Banks Chess Logos
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1snndz5uizh9bvr/Graham%20Banks%20-%20Other%20Logos.rar?dl=0 (direct link)

Scid vs. PC 4.14 Chess GUI (WB)
open source fork of Scid project enhanced for playing chess
Win32/64, Mac & .tgz source for Linux
http://scidvspc.sourceforge.net/index.html (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/ (downloads)

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Ron Murawski
- added Chess Tiger to Dead Engine List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Chess Logos List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- updated links in Graham Banks section
- updated count of Norbert Raimund Leisner Chess Logos
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_list

SMP Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Myrddin
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:smp_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

7-Zip 15.00 Alpha
open source, cross-platform file archiver with very good compression
- this is an *alpha* release
http://www.7-zip.org

Adblock Plus 2.6.9 for Firefox
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/

Calibre 2.23.0
cross-platform open source ebook manager supporting all popular ebook readers
with format conversion, news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

Blender 2.74
free, open source, cross-platform 2D/3D video creation suite
model • shade • animate • render • composite • interactive 3d
http://www.blender.org/

Cassandra 2.0.14 Stable
free, popular, open source, distributed NoSQL database; uses wide column store model
http://cassandra.apache.org/download/

CentOS 7.1-1503
Linux distro based on Red Hat Enterprise; choice of GNOME or KDE desktop; #6 in popularity
http://www.centos.org/

CrystalDiskInfo 6.3.2
open source, Windows-only hard drive monitoring/warning/alarm system using SMART technology
http://crystalmark.info/?lang=en

Django 1.8.0
high-level, rapid development, Python-based web framework
https://www.djangoproject.com/

Drupal 7.36
open source PHP-based content management platform for easy website creation
- "maintenance and security release"
http://drupal.org/home

Git 2.3.5
cross-platform, distributed version control system that is free and open source
http://git-scm.com/

KeePass Password Safe Classic Edition 1.29
free, open source password manager; manage your passwords securely
- Professional Edition requires .NET or Mono framework & is portable across all operating systems
- Classic Edition runs on Windows only, has fewer features, but is adequate
http://keepass.info/
http://keepass.info/compare.html (compare Classic vs Professional)

LibreOffice 4.4.2
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
- LibreOffice (Document Foundation), OpenOffice (Apache), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

PC-BSD 11.0 April2015
x64-only, BSD-based Linux distro; KDE (default), Awesome, Cinnamon, Fluxbox, FVWM, GNOME, i3, IceWM, LXDE, MATE, Openbox, WMaker & Xfce desktops; #35 in popularity
http://www.pcbsd.org/

phpMyAdmin 4.4.0
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Redis 3.0 Stable
free, popular, open source database; uses key-value store model
- new distributed implementation (clustering) w/ data sharding & fault tolerance
- experimental support for Windows64
- full support for Linux
http://redis.io/download

Thunderbird 31.6.0
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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