Update Information: May 15, 2016 (Updates)

by Ron , Sunday, May 15, 2016, 23:01

Engine Updates

Tony Mokonen Windows builds
BDI Chess Devel 0.0.6 TM (XB)
- TM build requires external dlls (included)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/bdi-chess/ (source)
http://tmokonen.net84.net/ (builds)

Calimero 1.0 (UCI)
new engine by Giovanni Di Maria
Win
http://www.g-sei.org/calimero/

Chess0 0.6 (XB)
C++ source; Linux64, Mac64, Win64
https://github.com/mkd/chess0

Demolito (UCI)
new source-code-only engine by Lucas Braesch (DiscoCheck)
C++ source
https://github.com/lucasart/Demolito

EtherealBitBoard (UCI)
new source-code only engine by Andrew Grant
C source
- not released, will be renamed in the future
https://github.com/AndyGrant/Ethereal

EXchess 7.92 (XB)
C++ source; mp; own GUI; FRC; limit strength; uses Nalimov egtbs;temporal difference learning; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac
- "Elo gain is modest in the 10 Elo range"
http://sites.google.com/site/experimentalchessprogram/

Galjoen 0.32.6.1 (XB/UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64; uses Polyglot books
http://www.goudengaljoen.be/

Basil Falcinelli Linux/Win builds
Gull Syzygy Linux BF 0.4 (UCI)
Gull build for Linux/Win with Syzygy egtb support
https://github.com/basil00/Gull/releases

Daniel Jose Windows builds
OctoChess rev 7482 DJ (XB/UCI)
C++ source; mp; FRC; multiPV; Win, Linux64
- this is not an official release
http://svn.filezilla-project.org/svn/chess (source)
http://octochess.org/ (homepage)
http://www.andscacs.com/octochess/octochess.zip (direct link)

Randomizer LL (XB)
new engine by Luca Lissandrello (Neurone)
random-mover; not a serious engine
http://www.g-sei.org/randomizer/

RedQueen 1.1.98 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win64, Linux64; requires extra dlls (included)
- not new, but new to me
https://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess/files/

Tony Mokonen Windows builds
Robocide 20160510 TM (UCI)
C source; Win32/64
http://tmokonen.net84.net/Robocide20160510TM.rar

Texel 1.06, Alpha 45 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; multiPV; Win32/64, Linux64, Mac; (replaces CuckooChess)
- not an official release
- this is a development snapshot on the way to becoming version 1.06
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/89684995/texel106a45.7z

Schooner 1.5 (XB)
Win32/64; own book, supports Polyglot books
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discussion-board/download/file.php?id=37193 (direct link)

Spartan 1.0 (UCI)
new engine by Christian Daley (JFresh)
C source; Mac64-only; successor to JFresh engine
https://github.com/christiandaley/Spartan

Tony Mokonen Windows builds
Spartan 1.0 TM (UCI)
- Win32 build
http://tmokonen.net84.net/

Tony Mokonen Windows builds
Stupid TM (UCI)
new engine by Steinar H Gunderson
C source code; Win
- TM build requires external dlls (included)
https://git.sesse.net/?p=stupid (source)
http://tmokonen.net84.net/ (builds)

Chess News

Cutechess-cli 0.8.0 (XB/UCI)
an open-source, cross-platform commandline interface to run engine-engine games
Linux64, Mac64, Win64
https://github.com/cutechess/cutechess/releases

XBoard Chess GUI 4.9.0 (XB/UCI)
an open-source, cross-platform graphical interface to play/analyze chess games
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/

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

Free BSD Engine List
- new list!
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:free_bsd_engine_list

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

Index Page
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:index

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

Macintosh Engine List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:macintosh_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. Microsoft won the battle, but lost the war. If I can't trust a company to do an update, how can I trust it at all? All future updates of Windows-only software will no longer be listed here.

7-Zip 16.00
open source, cross-platform file archiver with good compression; supports several compression methods
- this is an important security bugfix release
http://www.7-zip.org

Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.242
free cross-platform flash video player for browsers
- Flash is in undisputed first-place as the most common avenue of infection
- Adobe bundles unwanted 3rd party crapware, beware!
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Asterisk 13.9.1
open source framework for building intelligent phone systems & communications applications
- this is an update to the LTS version
http://www.asterisk.org/

Austrumi 3.4.2
Linux distro based on Slackware; FVWM desktop; #81 in popularity
- OS & all applications run in RAM, making it fast
http://cyti.latgola.lv/ruuni/

Bodhi 3.2.1
lightweight Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux distro; Enlightenment desktop; #34 in popularity
http://www.bodhilinux.com/

Boost C++ Library 1.61.0
useful C++ library that serves common programmer needs in a safe, portable way
http://www.boost.org/

FileZilla Client 3.17.0.1
open source cross-platform ftp client; recommended
http://filezilla-project.org/
https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1 (downloads)

Google Chrome 50.0.2661.102
popular cross-platform web browser
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/?

ImageMagick 7.0.1-3
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

LibreOffice 5.1.3
Office suite: word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

Linux Kernel 4.5.4
- the Linux kernel has been updated
http://www.kernel.org/

MariaDB 10.1.14 Stable
open source fork of MySQL; completely compatible w/MySQL; w/extra DB engines & extra features
"MariaDB is a binary drop-in replacement for MySQL"
MariaDB restores several significant features that Oracle has dropped from MySQL
- gaining popularity from MySQL, a work-alike competitor with fewer features
- 5.x version stays in sync with MySQL 5.x; version 10 is an improved version of it
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features vs MySQL)
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/what-is-mariadb-100 (What is MariaDB 10?)

Pale Moon 26.2.2
open source, efficiency-optimized build of Firefox source code for Windows or Linux
- 32 & 64-bit versions available
- "security, stability and usability update"
http://www.palemoon.org/

PeaZip 6.0.2
open source cross-platform file and archive manager; available as portable app also
- this is an important security bugfix release
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, WIM, XZ, ZIP
- extract 150+ archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, etc.
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip/files/6.0.2/ (6.0.2 downloads)

phpMyAdmin 4.6.1
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

PostgreSQL 9.5.3
open source SQL database for high performance and high availability applications
- due to security fixes: "All users should update their PostgreSQL installation at the next opportunity"
- security update, bug fixes & improvements
http://www.postgresql.org/ (homepage)
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1669/ (announcement)

Qt Creator IDE 4.0
open source cross-platform IDE for C/C++ and JavaScript
Features: syntax highlighting for many languages, plugins, version control, code completion, function call tips, more
although the IDE encourages using Qt libraries, the choice is not forced
http://download.qt-project.org/official_releases/qtcreator/ (download)

Vuze 5.7.2.0
open source Java-based BitTorrent client formerly known as Azureus
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index.php

Thunderbird 45.1.0
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)

Univention 4.1.2
Linux distro based on Debian (Stable); KDE desktop; #73 in popularity
- this is an enterprise server distribution
https://www.univention.com/

VLC Media Player 2.2.4
open source, cross-platform multimedia player (audio/video)
http://www.videolan.org/

XAMPP 7.0.6
XAMPP 5.6.21
XAMPP 5.5.35
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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