Update Information: July 14, 2015 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Deepov 0.2 (UCI)
C++ source
- new version available as source code only
https://github.com/RomainGoussault/Deepov/releases
Chess News
Jim Ablett Android compiles
- Hakkapeliitta 3.0 JA
http://jimablett.net63.net/compiles.html
Chess Programming Blogs
iCE: http://macechess.blogspot.de/2015/07/ice-3-uci-options.html
Wiki Page Changes
FACE Tournament
Gerhard has updated these pages:
- FACE main page & Participants
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face
Private Engine List
- added Abbess and Eva
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_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
Adblock Plus 1.9.1 for Chrome, Opera and Safari
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/
Avast! Free Antivirus 10.3.2223
free antivirus for Win32/64; the program is registerware: you must divulge your email address
http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2015.0.6086
free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/free-antivirus-download
BurnAware Free 8.3
CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc-burning software for Windows
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html (info)
http://www.burnaware.com/downloads.html (download)
DragonFly 4.2.3
a cutting-edge distribution based on FreeBSD 4, enhanced with a high performance
HAMMER journaling filesystem; virtual kernels that are inherently deadlock-free;
desktops: Awesome, Fluxbox, JWM, KDE, Openbox, WMaker, Xfce; #64 in popularity
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/ (homepage)
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/features/ (unique features)
http://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org/iso-images/ (iso download)
Geany 1.25
open source cross-platform programmer's editor & lightweight IDE
supports more than 50 programming languages; recommended
- new plugins add some new features
- lots of bugfix/security/stability updates
http://www.geany.org/ (homepage)
http://wiki.geany.org/ (wiki)
http://download.geany.org/ (download)
Ghostery 5.4.6 for Opera
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets on every web page you visit;
"See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
http://www.ghostery.com/download
HHVM 3.8.0
Facebook's open-source replacement/improvement of the PHP programming language
- HHVM programs run much faster than PHP programs
- package includes the Hack programming language, version 3.8.0
https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/releases
Jenkins 1.620
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/
Linux Kernel 4.1.2
- the Linux kernel has been updated
http://www.kernel.org/
qBittorrent 3.2.1
open source cross-platform Bittorrent client
http://www.qbittorrent.org/
SystemRescueCd 4.5.4
bootable image for CD or USB stick to rescue data from HD; mount and read data from any disk;
features disk partitioning, LVM management, data copying, remote backup, more
http://www.sysresccd.org/
Thunderbird 38.1.0
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)
VirtualBox 4.3.30
VirtualBox 4.2.32
VirtualBox 4.1.30
VirtualBox 4.0.32
open source, general-purpose, full virtualizer for x86 and AMD64/Intel64 hardware
runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris as host
install one or more guest operating systems onto the same computer
- these are all bugfix/security/stability updates to older versions
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes (list of guest operating systems)
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog (changelog)
http://www.virtualbox.org/ (homepage)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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