Engine Updates

Nothing new today

Chess News

Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bestia homepage down for 42 days (a 110mb.com site)
CCCP homepage down for 6 days (not found)
ChestUCI homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 527 days
Glass homepage down for 2 days (not found)
Hopeless homepage down for 2 days (not found)
InmiChess homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Jin Chess GUI homepage down today (not found)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 42 days (a 110mb.com site)
Powder homepage down for 41 days (project removed)
Rodent homepage down for 2 days (not found)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
- Gerhard has changed these pages: Editions 1->12, FACE, History
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

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

Adblock Plus 1.0.1 for Android
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
- this AdBlock is an Android OS plugin that supports all browsers
http://adblockplus.org/en/

Bridge 2012.12
Arch-based 32/64-bit Linux distro; desktops: GNOME, KDE, LXDE, Xfce; #45 in popularity
http://millertechnologies.net/

Foxit Reader 5.4.4.1128
free Windows pdf viewer; faster render than Adobe, less bloat; recommended
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/

Puppy Linux 5.4 "Slacko"
Puppy is a popular (#12) and easy-to-learn, easy-to-use Linux distribution
Open source, boots from a CD (your Windows installation is unchanged) w/ simple instruction manual
old, slow computers run very well using Puppy's all-in-memory Linux kernel
There are many versions of Puppy available, each with a specific purpose
You don't necessarily use the latest release, you use the version with the software you want
You will need to know how to burn a disk from an ISO image
- Precise Puppy is binary-compatible with Ubuntu LTS 12.04.1
- Wary Puppy is intended to run on older hardware
- Racy Puppy is a mod of Wary Puppy, supporting the newest machines
- Slacko Puppy can use Puppy, Slackware, Salix, or Slacky software repositories
- Fatdog64 is a 64-bit Puppy distro; it is larger than most other Puppys
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (news)
http://puppylinux.org/ (PuppyLinux homepage)
http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/puppy-5.4/release-Slacko-5.4.htm (announcement)
http://01micko.com/slacko14.html (Slacko homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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