Update Information: September 22, 2016 (Updates)

by Ron , Thursday, September 22, 2016, 15:29

Engine Updates

Acqua 20160918 (UCI)
Win, successor to 'Calimero' engine
http://www.g-sei.org/acqua/ (G_Sei)
http://www.elektrosoft.it/scacchi/acqua/acqua.asp (homepage & downloads)

Alcibiades 0.1 rev-785 (UCI)
new engine by Evgeni Pandurski
Rust source; Linux64, Win64
https://github.com/epandurski/alcibiades (homepage + source)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-PM8aD2-9I4dks0LXVjNmNCYlE/view (direct link)

Amoeba 1.4 (UCI)
D source; multiPV, Linux, Win
https://github.com/abulmo/amoeba/releases

GnuChess6 6.2.3 (XB/UCI)
C++ source; Linux, Mac, Win; directly based on Fruit 2.1 code
http://www.gnu.org/software/chess/

Jumbo 0.1.5 (XB)
new engine by Sven Schüle
Win; successor to Surprise & KnockOut
- Win32 only
http://www.schuelebln.de/chess/jumbo/

Laser 1.2 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Mac, Win
- "Estimated CCRL Elo is 2850"
https://github.com/jeffreyan11/uci-chess-engine/releases

Rodent II 0.9.64 (UCI)
C source; Linux, Mac, Win; limit strength; originally based on Sungorus code; supports Polyglot opening book; supports personalities
http://www.pkoziol.cal24.pl/rodent/rodent.htm (homepage)
https://github.com/nescitus/Rodent_II/ (source & download)

Shield 1.3 (UCI)
Win64
http://www.g-sei.org/shield/ (G-Sei)
https://sites.google.com/site/shieldchessengine/ (homepage & downloads)

Chess News

Cute Chess 0.9.3 Chess GUI (XB/UCI)
Chess GUI for playing chess tournaments
https://github.com/cutechess/cutechess/releases/

Lucas Chess 10.01
"play chess against the computer with increasing levels of difficulty and with a limited number of hints that are given by a chess tutor"
Python source; Win32
- contains 36 engines
- also available as a portable build
http://www-lucaschess.rhcloud.com (homepage)

Noomen.ctg
- Jeroen Noomen's book Noomen.ctg has been updated
http://blogchess2016.blogspot.nl/2016/09/september-17th-update-of-opening-book.html

Tarrasch Chess GUI v3 nightly-2016-09-19-a-g
C++ source; open source Chess GUI by Bill Forster
- not cross-platform: Windows only
http://www.triplehappy.com/ (homepage)
https://github.com/billforsternz/tarrasch-chess-gui (code repository)
https://github.com/billforsternz/tarrasch-chess-gui/releases/ (download)

Chess Programming Blogs

Tarrasch Chess GUI: https://triplehappy.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/dramatic-progress/

Updated Wiki Pages

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

Stockfish Engine List
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)

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 3.2.0
Google Chrome extension to block ads, thereby preventing malware infections
- not related to AdBlocck Plus
http://www.getadblock.com/

Adblock Plus 1.12.3 for Safari
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
- not related to AdBlocck
http://adblockplus.org/en/

ArchBang 170916
Linux distro based on Arch; i3 and Openbox desktops; #38 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 2.6.14
open-source, cross-platform video editor
- cut, filter, encode & transcode many types of video files
http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux
http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/

Bash 4.4
open-source, cross-platform Shell language for Linux and Mac
- BASH = Bourne Again SHell
- sh-compatible shell
http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/

Black Lab 7.7
Linux distro based on Ubuntu (LTS); GNOME, KDE, MATE, Xfce desktops; #32 in popularity
http://www.blacklablinux.org/

Calibre 2.68
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/

Debian 8.6.0
independent Linux distro; supports all desktops; #2 in popularity
- this is an update to the stable branch
http://www.debian.org/

Feng Office 3.4.4.1
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)

FileZilla Server 0.9.59
open source, cross-platform ftp server
- most people do not require the server, just the client
http://filezilla-project.org/

Firefox 49.0
popular, free, open source browser
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)

Freeplane 1.5.16
free, cross-platform, open source, free-form note taking w/optional hierarchical ordering, calendar and reminders
- requires Java
http://www.freeplane.org/

Ghostery 7.0.1
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets on every web page you visit;
"See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
http://www.ghostery.com/download

GnuCash 2.6.14
free, cross-platform, open source, personal/small-business accounting software
- track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses
http://www.gnucash.org/

ImageMagick 7.0.3-1
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 2.23
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

KDevelop 5.0.1 IDE
cross-platform IDE primarily supporting C++, PHP, Python and QML/JS
- now uses Clang compiler for C/C++ parsing & error messages
- supports new Qt5 libraries
https://www.kdevelop.org/ (homepage)
https://www.kdevelop.org/news/kdevelop-501-released (announcement)

LibreCAD 2.1.2
open source, cross-platform 2D CAD app
http://www.librecad.org/

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

Opera 40
somwhat popular web browser
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)

PHP 5.6.26
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 2.2.1
Linux distro based on Debian (Stable); Trinity desktop; #43 in popularity
http://q4os.org/

Samba 4.4.6
standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix
https://www.samba.org/

Tails 2.6
Debian-based Linux32 distro; GNOME desktop; #26 in popularity
- distro has the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user
https://tails.boum.org/

Tor Browser 6.0.5
cross-platform browser that provides some Internet anonymity for the user
- best privacy is achieved using it under Tails operating system
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en
https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html.en

Wine 1.9.19 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)

Meaning of Colors

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

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