Update Information: June 5, 2016 (Updates)

by Ron , Sunday, June 05, 2016, 20:26

Engine Updates

Acqua 20160602 (UCI)
Win; successor to 'Calimero'
- Linux download listed, but the link is dead
http://www.g-sei.org/acqua/ (G-Sei)
http://www.elektrosoft.it/scacchi/acqua/acqua.asp (homepage)

Alcibiades (UCI)
new source-code-only engine by Evgeni Pandurski
Rust source; intended as a didactic engine
https://github.com/epandurski/alcibiades

BagaturChess 1.4b (UCI)
Java source; mp; cross-platform jar files + Win; can use Gaviota ebtbs
https://github.com/bagaturchess/Bagatur-Chess-Engine-And-Tools/tree/master/Downloads/Engine
https://sourceforge.net/projects/bagaturchess/files/BagaturEngine/ (download)

DanaSah 6.2 (XB/UCI)
C source (Spanish language comments); Linux, Mac, Win; FRC; uses Scorpio bitbases and ProDeo opening book
- this release supports Windows only
- "it is preferable not to use Danasah 6.2 for rating lists"
http://sites.google.com/site/danasah/ (homepage)
http://www.mediafire.com/download/7u5vb8ni24p5uhu/danasah62.zip (direct link)

Ethereal 7.33 (UCI)
new engine by Andrew Grant
C source; Win64
- formerly listed on the source-code-only list
https://github.com/AndyGrant/Ethereal

Daniel Jose Win32/64 builds
Paladin 0.1 DJ (UCI)
new engine by Ankan Banerjee
C++ source; Win
https://github.com/ankan-ban/chess_cpu (source repo)
http://www.andscacs.com/paladin/paladin_0.1.zip (direct link)

Sayuri 2016.06.04 (UCI)
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 threads); Linux, Win
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases (download)

SJCE 2.36.00
Strong Java Chess Engines packages
- there are two packages: XB & UCI
- moved: Eden v0.0.13 from XB to UCI package
- added to XB package: Tri-OS/CS4210
https://sourceforge.net/projects/sjce/files/chess_engines_nb-src/

Chess News

Aquarium 2016 Chess GUI (UCI)
commercial chess GUI
http://chessok.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=7_43

Deep Pink
learning AI chess program programmed in Python by Erik Bernhardsson
https://github.com/erikbern/deep-pink

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- modified PGN program: clusterList
- consolidated PGN programs: resultTable merged into resultList
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/40H.html

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Updated Wiki Pages

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

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

Linux Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_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)

Advisory:

- 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.

Adblock Plus 1.12 for Chrome, Opera and Safari
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
- not related to AdBlocck
http://adblockplus.org/en/

Alpine 3.4.0
independent Linux distro; XFCE desktop; #45 in popularity
http://www.alpinelinux.org/

Arch 2016.06.01
independent, rolling-release Linux distro; all desktops; #9 in popularity
- this is the monthly release
http://www.archlinux.org/

Calibre 2.58.0
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/

Clonezilla Live 2.4.6-25 Stable
open source system image backup/restore (Live) or multicast new system images (SE)
http://clonezilla.org/

Feng Office 3.4.2.2
free web-based open source collaboration platform
management of: project tasks, billing, documents, communication, scheduling, electronic information, etc.
- only the 'Community Edition' is free
http://www.fengoffice.com/web/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengoo/files/fengoffice/ (download)

GCC 5.4
open source C/C++ compiler for Linux
includes front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, Ada, and Go, as well as libraries for these languages
- bugfixes & stability changes for an older version
- latest version is GCC 6.1
http://gcc.gnu.org/ (homepage)
https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-6/changes.html (6.x changes)
https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-5/changes.html (5.x changes)

GDB 7.11.1
GNU Debugger supports many programming languages, including Ada, C, C++, Objective-C, Free Pascal, Fortran, Java and partially others
- supports local and remote debugging
https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/

Google Chrome 51.0.2704.79
popular cross-platform web browser
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/?

HHVM 3.13.2
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 3.13.2
https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/releasesFacebook's open-source replacement/improvement of the PHP programming language

ImageMagick 7.0.1-9
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 4.6.1
- the Linux kernel has been updated
http://www.kernel.org/

Lite 3.0
Linux distro based on Ubuntu(LTS); Xfce desktop; #17 in popularity
http://www.linuxliteos.com/

Mercurial 3.8.3
free, cross-platform, open-source distributed version control management tool
https://www.mercurial-scm.org/

MyLittleForum 2.3.5
open source PHP forum software; supports threaded and flat view
http://mylittleforum.net/ (homepage)
https://github.com/ilosuna/mylittleforum/releases (download + changelog)

MySQL Community Server 5.7.13
free (Community Server Edition only!), cross-platform, very popular open source SQL database
- slowly losing popularity to MariaDB, a work-alike, drop-in competitor with more features
http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ (download)

Q4OS 1.4.11
Linux distro based on Debian (Stable); Trinity desktop; #46 in popularity
http://q4os.org/

Thunderbird 45.1.1
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)

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

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

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