Update Information: March 7, 2016 (Updates)

by Ron , Monday, March 07, 2016, 15:26

Engine Updates

Embla 0.9.1 (UCI)
mp (INT_MAX cores); supports Syzygy ebtbs; Linux64, Win
- "improves play strength"
http://www.vanheusden.com/Embla/

Galjoen 0.32.1 (XB/UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64; uses Polyglot books
- smaller-sized binary files
http://www.goudengaljoen.be/

RumneyChess 0.2.1 (UCI)
new engine by 'Zaloum'
- available as Java source code only
https://github.com/Zaloum/RumneyChessUCI

Chess News

Norm Pollock site
- new web address
http://www.40h.netai.net/

Ordoprep 0.9.6
new program by Miguel Ballicora
- "preparation of PGN files for rating calculation programs such as Ordo"
https://github.com/michiguel/Ordoprep/releases

ProDeo opening book in Polyglot format
- old book, new format
http://rebel13.nl/download/books.html

Strong Java Chess Engines Game (UCI)
new chess GUI by Roman Koldaev + some Java engines
- engines: Frittle, JChess, OliThink, Tiffanys, Gladiator, BremboCE, ArabianKnight, KingsOut, DeepBrutePos
https://sourceforge.net/projects/sjce/

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Updated Wiki Pages

all updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner

Engine GUI List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Java Engine List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:java_engine_list

PGN Reader/Viewer/Writer List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:pgn_reader_viewer_writer_list

Stockfish Engine List
new list by Norbert Raimund Leisner
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:stockfish_engine_list

Variants Engine List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_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

NOTE: I had an argument with Microsoft. They thought they owned my computer, I thought I did. Microsoft won by cheating, they clobbered my sys admin settings. All future updates of Windows-only software will no longer be listed here.

4MLinux 16.0
independent Linux distro; JWM desktop; #50 in popularity
http://4mlinux.com/

ArchBang 010316
Linux distro based on Arch; i3 and Openbox desktops; #45 in popularity
- XFCE and KDE desktops can be added after imstallation is finished
- this is the monthly release of the rolling distro
http://www.archbang.org/

Avidemux 2.6.12
open-source, cross-platform video editor
- cut, filter, encode & transcode many types of video files
http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux
http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/

Black Lab 7.0.5
Linux distro based on Ubuntu (LTS); GNOME, KDE, MATE, Xfce desktops; #27 in popularity
http://www.blacklablinux.org/

Drupal 8.05
open source PHP-based content management platform for easy website creation
- security update to an older version
http://drupal.org/home

Google Chrome 49.0.2623.75
popular cross-platform web browser
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/?

Gosu 1.13
a Java-like programming language for the jvm featuring: OO, closures, inference, simplified generics, etc.
http://gosu-lang.org/

ImageMagick 6.9.3-7
cross-platform, open-source program to manipulate images
- create, edit, compose, or convert images files (200+ formats)
- bmp, png, jpg, gif, tiff, svg, etc.
- resize, flip, mirror, rotate, distort, shear and transform
- adjust image, apply special effects,
- draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses & Bézier curves
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php

Linux Kernel 4.4.4
- the Linux kernel has been updated
http://www.kernel.org/

PHP 7.0.4
PHP 5.6.19
PHP 5.5.33
PHP is a very popular and practical general-purpose open source scripting language; it is primarily used for web applications
- bufix and security fixes only for older versions
- latest version is PHP 7.0.4
http://php.net/

Solus 1.1
Independent Linux distro; Budgie desktop; #31 in popularity
https://solus-project.com/

SQLite 3.11.1
open source SQL database for programmers; small and fast
- "this is a is a patch release ...upgrading is optional"
http://www.sqlite.org/ (homepage)
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html (update info)
http://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_11_1.html (changelog)

VirtualBox 5.0.16
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
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes (list of guest operating systems)
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog (changelog)
http://www.virtualbox.org/ (homepage)

Wine 1.9.5 Development
compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems
- runs on Linux, Mac OSX, BSD, some others
https://www.winehq.org/

XAMPP 7.0.4
XAMPP 5.6.19
XAMPP 5.5.33
cross-platform, open source web-server (Apache), SQL database (MySQL) w/ admin, PHP, ftp server, Tomcat, & more
- this is probably the easiest way to install a working, web-aware PHP into Windows
- it is also easy to add web apps like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, SugarCRM, phpBB, DokuWiki, etc.
- version numbering reflect the PHP version that is supported
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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