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Update Information: September 15, 2016 (Updates)

by Ron @, Thursday, September 15, 2016, 20:30

Engine Updates

Coiled 0.4 (UCI)
Linux, Win
http://www.oscargavira.es/descarga.php?file=coiled_0.4.zip (direct link)
http://www.oscargavira.es/?sec=Coiled_Informacion (homepage -- in Spanish)

Gogobello 1.0 (UCI)
mp; supports Polyglot books; supports Syzygy egtbs; Win64; older versions supported XB only
- XB protocol dropped, replaced by UCI
- mp implemented
http://www.g-sei.org/gogobello/ (G-Sei)
http://sasachess.altervista.org/gogobello/ (homepage)

Ramjet 0.13 (UCI)
FRC; Win
http://www.g-sei.org/ramjet/

Sayuri 2016.09.12 (UCI)
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 threads); Linux, Mac, Win
https://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases

TJchess 1.3 (XB/UCI)
Linux, Win; FRC; variants
http://tonyjh.com/chess/tjchess/

Chess News

Noomen.ctg
- Jeroen Noomen's book Noomen.ctg has been updated
http://blogchess2016.blogspot.nl/2016/09/september-10th-update-of-noomenctg.html

Python-chess 0.15.2
chess library written in Python
https://github.com/niklasf/python-chess/releases

Sedat Perfect 2016 opening books
- opening books are compatible with Arena, Aquarium, ChessBase & ShredderClassic
https://sites.google.com/site/computerschess/perfect2016

Chess Programming Blogs

Philipp Claßen blog: http://www.ghostchess.de/ghost3-beta/index.html

Updated Wiki Pages

update by Gerhard:

Gull Testing
- added new page
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:gull

updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner:

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

Links
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links

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

Mobile Chess List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:mobile_chess_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.

Adblock Plus 1.12.2 for Chrome, Opera and Safari
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
- not related to AdBlocck
http://adblockplus.org/en/

Curl 7.50.3
cross-platform, open-source tool & library to access URLs using all major protocols
https://curl.haxx.se/

FreeType 2.7
open-source, cross-platform font-rendering library used extensively on non-Windows platforms
https://www.freetype.org/

Google Chrome 53.0.2785.116
Google Chromium 53.0.2785.116
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)

IzPack 5.0.10
free Java cross-platform installer for packaging, distributing and deploying applications
http://izpack.org/

Jenkins 2.22
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

KaOS 2016.09
independent Linux distro; KDE desktop; #31 in popularity
- this is the monthly update
http://kaosx.us/

Linux Kernel 4.7.4
- the Linux kernel has been updated
http://www.kernel.org/

MariaDB 5.5.52 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 26.4.1
open source, efficiency-optimized build of Firefox source code for Linux or Windows
- 32 & 64-bit versions available
http://www.palemoon.org/

PeaZip 6.1.1
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/6.1.1/ (6.1.1 downloads)

PHP 7.0.11
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 7.0.11
http://php.net/

Q4OS 1.6.2
Linux distro based on Debian (Stable); Trinity desktop; #44 in popularity
http://q4os.org/

SQLite 3.14.2
open source SQL database for programmers; small and fast
http://www.sqlite.org/ (homepage)
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html (update info)
http://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_14_2.html (changelog)

Swift 3
open-source, somewhat cross-platform, general-purpose programming language from Apple
- intended to replace/improve Objective-C language
- intended to become cross-platform, but Linux & Windows ports lag behind Mac development
- Linux version can be hard to build, is missing features available on the Mac version, & is mostly community-supported
https://swift.org/

Vim 8.0.0000
open-source, cross-platform configuarable text editor and lightweight IDE
http://www.vim.org/

VirtualBox 5.1.6
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)

Vivaldi 1.4.589
newer cross-platform web browser with advanced features built atop Chromium source code
https://vivaldi.com/

Whiley 0.4.0
open-source, cross-platform, general-purpose programming language for the jvm
http://whiley.org/

VMware Player 12.5.0
free open source, cross-platform virtual machine emulator, similar to VirtualBox
run multiple operating systems at the same time on your PC
- the free version has some limitations
http://www.vmware.com/products/player/overview.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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