Update Information: September 8, 2016 (Updates)

by Ron , Thursday, September 08, 2016, 18:33

Engine Updates

Dorpsgek Bloody Mary (XB)
C source; Linux, Win64
- "estimated strength: TSCP + 150 Elo"
https://github.com/ZirconiumX/Dorpsgek/releases

Tony Mokonen Win32 Builds
Dorpsgek Bloody Mary (XB)
C source; Win32
http://tmokonen.net84.net/

Ethereal 7.78 (UCI)
C source; Win
- "+24.0 Elo on 5s+.05s"
- "+42.5 Elo on 10s+.1s"
https://github.com/AndyGrant/Ethereal/releases

Sayuri 2016.09.09 (UCI)
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 threads); Linux, Mac, Win
https://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases

Chess News

Cute Chess 0.9.2 Chess GUI (XB/UCI)
Chess GUI for playing chess tournaments
https://github.com/cutechess/cutechess/releases/

Chess Programming Blogs

Michel Van Den Bergh http://hardy.uhasselt.be/Toga/why_using_the_match_score_at_all.pdf

Updated Wiki Pages

updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner:

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

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. I thought I owned my computer, they thought they 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.

4MLinux 19.0
independent Linux distro; JWM desktop; #64 in popularity
http://4mlinux.com/

Antergos 2016.09.03
Arch-based Linux distro; Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE, MATE, Openbox, Xfce desktops; #18 in popularity
- this is a monthly snapshot of a rolling-release distro
http://www.antergos.com/

Atom 1.10.2
open source web-based programming editor/IDE runs as a desktop app
- lots of plugins and extensions, and language bindings
https://github.com/atom/atom/releases
https://atom.io/

Calibre 2.67.0
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/

Clang 3.9.0
a compiler front end for C, C++, Objective-C and Objective-C++; uses LLVM as its back end
- Clang is released as part of regular LLVM releases
http://clang.llvm.org/

CMake 3.6.2
cross-platform, open-source build system for C/C++
https://cmake.org/

CoreOS 1122.2.0
Linux rolling-release server distro based on Gentoo; command-line interface; #60 in popularity
https://coreos.com/

Curl 7.50.2
cross-platform, open-source tool & library to access URLs using all major protocols
https://curl.haxx.se/

Ecere Cross Platform SDK 0.44.15
open-source, cross-platform programming language and development tools
includes eC programming language with compiler, IDE, GUI-builder and more
- eC language is a superset of C with objects added
- build system transparently links with C/C++ files
- a free, complete online PDF textbook, 'The Ecere Tao of Programming', describes the language & usage
- help forum is available
https://github.com/ecere/ecere-sdk/releases (download)
http://ec-lang.org/ (eC language)
http://ecere.org/ (homepage)

Git 2.10.0
cross-platform, distributed version control system that is free and open source
http://git-scm.com/

Go Programming Language 1.7.1
statically-typed, compiled, simple C-like language with type inference and more
http://golang.org/

Google Chrome 53.0.2785.101
Google Chromium 53.0.2785.101
popular cross-platform web browser
- Chromium is fully open-source, Chrome has propietary extensions to enhance Google profits
https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium (Chromium)
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/? (Chrome)

HHVM 3.15.0
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 3.15.0
https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/releases

ImageMagick 7.0.3-0
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

Jenkins 2.21
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

Komodo Edit 10.1.1
free cross-platform programmer's editor for JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl
http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit/downloads

LibreOffice 5.2.1
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

Linux Kernel 4.7.3
- the Linux kernel has been updated
http://www.kernel.org/

LLVM 3.9.0
compiler back-end for compile-time, link-time, run-time, and "idle-time" optimization of programs
written in arbitrary programming languages
http://llvm.org/

MySQL Community Server 5.7.15
free (Community Server Edition only!), cross-platform, very popular open source SQL database
- slowly losing popularity to MariaDB, a fully open-source, work-alike, drop-in competitor with more features
http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ (download)

Opera 39
somwhat popular web browser
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)

PyPy2.7 v5.4.1
cross-platform, open source Python implementation; choose JIT (default), no JIT, stackless, or sandboxed;
also available: back ends for .NET and Java (see: 'Features' page);
other languages that run in the JIT: Prolog (incomplete), Smalltalk, JavaScript, Io, Scheme and Gameboy
for Win32, Linux 32/64, Mac64, & ARM
- syntax-compatible with Python 2.7.10 (PyPy2) or 3.2.5 (PyPy3)
- "7.52 times faster than Python 2.7.2 (previous version was 7.51 times faster); see:
http://speed.pypy.org/ (speed benchmarks)
http://pypy.org/ (homepage)

Samba 4.5.0
standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix
https://www.samba.org/

Solus 1.2.0.5
Independent Linux distro; Budgie desktop; #26 in popularity
https://solus-project.com/

Wine 1.9.18 Development
a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems
such as Linux, Mac OSX, & BSD
https://www.winehq.org/ (homepage)
https://www.winehq.org/announce/1.9 (announcement)

Wireshark 2.2.0 Stable
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
http://www.wireshark.org/

WordPress 4.6.1
free, popular, open source website/blog creation using PHP & MySQL w/ many plugins & themes
http://wordpress.org/

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

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