Engine Updates

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Chess News

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Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bestia homepage down for 20 days (a 110mb.com site)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 505 days
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 20 days (a 110mb.com site)
O'Chess homepage down for 20 days (not found)
Powder homepage down for 19 days (project removed)
Tony's Chess homepage down for 20 days (a 110mb.com site)

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Arasan: added comment
- Butcher: in commment removed Rzez'nik, replaced with Rzeznik
- Dolphin: messed up author's name to 'Nguy?n Vi?t Huy'
- PsycoChess: moved to Someday Announcement Engine List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Chess Engine List
update by Ron Murawski
- Arasan: removed comment
- Dolphin: corrected author's name to 'Nguyễn Viết Huy'
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Someday Announcement Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- changed introductory comment
- moved PsychoChess from main Chess Engine List
- added Abulafia, Apep Chess Engine, BDI Chess, Capa Chess, Chia, CINAG, Elephant, Fly By Knight, Frabul, Gladiator, Lopez, Martin´s Simple Haskell Chess Program, MscsChess, Mu Chess, Rooked, RubyKnight, TADB-R, Tortoise, and Zoe Opponent Engine
http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list#someday_announcement_engine_list

Someday Announcement Engine List
update by Ron Murawski
- changed introductory comment
http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list#someday_announcement_engine_list

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- removed: BDI Chess, Capa chess, CINAG, and RubyKnight
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_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

BurnAware 5.4
CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc-burning software
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html (info)
http://www.burnaware.com/downloads.html (download)

CodeBlocks 12.11 RC 1
open source cross-platform C/C++ IDE for all compilers
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.codeblocks.org/

Maqetta Release 7.0.3
open source visual authoring system of HTML5 user interfaces - in the browser
this is a *preview* version (beta)
http://maqetta.org/ (homepage)
http://maqetta.org/downloads/ (download)

MariaDB 10.0 Beta
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
- I don't usually list beta databases, but this one is interesting due to the inclusion of multi-source replication
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/what-is-mariadb-100 (What is MariaDB 10.0?)
https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/10.0.0/ (MariaDB 10.0 page)

Orwell Dev-C++ 5.3.0.3
excellent cross-platform open source C/C++ IDE
http://sourceforge.net/projects/orwelldevcpp/

ROSA 2012 "Enterprise Linux Server"
RedHat and Mandriva based distro; desktops: LXDE, GNOME, or KDE; #22 in popularity
http://www.rosalab.com/

Meaning of Colors

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

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NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org