Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
BagaturChess 1.3a JA (UCI)
Java source; mp; Win32/64
- Win32 builds only
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5047625/bagatur-13a-32-ja.zip (direct link)

Project Invincible 2.0 (WB)
New 3D chess GUI + mp engine by Jyrki Vesterinen
C++ source; mp; own GUI; Win32, Linux32
- the WB engine (no GUI) requires commandline parameter: --xboard
http://code.google.com/p/project-invincible/

Chess News

Scid vs. PC 20121215 Beta Chess GUI (WB)
open source fork of Scid project enhanced for playing chess
Win32, Mac & .tgz source for Linux
- only the Win32 version is updated
- this is a *beta* release
http://scidvspc.sourceforge.net/index.html (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/ (downloads)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bestia homepage down for 53 days (a 110mb.com site)
CCCP homepage down for 17 days (not found)
ChestUCI homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
InmiChess homepage down for 12 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 53 days (a 110mb.com site)
Sissa homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)

Big Lion / Chess GUI has a new homepage
http://biglion.bplaced.net/

Dann Corbit homepage is now considered dead, it will no longer be tracked.

Wiki Changes

Nothing new today

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

Comodo Dragon Internet Browser 23.2
Windows only; free; based on Google's Chrome browser, with improved security and privacy
stops cookies, no web spies, prevents browser download tracking, etc
http://www.comodo.com/home/browsers-toolbars/browser.php

Digital Mars C/C++ Compiler Version 8.56
free Win32 C/C++ compiler
http://www.digitalmars.com/
http://www.digitalmars.com/download/freecompiler.html

Puppy Linux -- Fatdog64 611
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/fatdog/web/ (Fatdog homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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