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<title>Update Information: January 7, 2014</title>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Wednesday, January 08, 2014, 01:28:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Engine Updates</strong></span></p>
<p>Nothing new today</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess News</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Winboard 4.7.3 Chess GUI (WB/UCI)</span></strong><br />
open source Chess GUI maintained and improved by HG Muller<br />
- bugfix release<br />
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.7.3/index.html">http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.7.3/index.html</a> (changelog)<br />
<a href="http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&amp;t=51528">http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&amp;t=51528</a> (WinBoard)<br />
<a href="http://hgm.nubati.net/WinBoard-4.7.3.exe">http://hgm.nubati.net/WinBoard-4.7.3.exe</a> (WinBoard direct link)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Winboard 4.8, Beta 1 Chess GUI (WB/UCI)</span></strong><br />
open source Chess GUI maintained and improved by HG Muller<br />
- this is a *beta* release of the bare exe file (not an installer)<br />
<a href="http://hgm.nubati.net/WinBoard-4.8.beta.zip">http://hgm.nubati.net/WinBoard-4.8.beta.zip</a> (direct link)</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess Programming Blogs</strong></span></p>
<p>Nothing new today</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Wiki Changes</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">GUI Protocol List</span></strong><br />
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner<br />
- Chess Hero: added a link and a comment, made a correction<br />
<a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Engine GUI List</span></strong><br />
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner<br />
- added Numbit<br />
<a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Native Engine List</span></strong><br />
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner<br />
- removed Numbit<br />
<a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_engine_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_engine_list</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Warnings:</span></strong><br />
<span style="color:#f00;">- do not install unwanted toolbars, etc.<br />
- alpha releases have new features; crashes and bugs are to be expected<br />
- beta releases have new features; they may contain bugs or crash<br />
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Clang 3.4</span></strong><br />
a compiler front end for C, C++, Objective-C and Objective-C++; uses LLVM as its back end<br />
- for C/C++, the code speed is as good, or better, than GCC!<br />
- see: <a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=llvm34_gcc49_compilers&amp;num=1">http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=llvm34_gcc49_compilers&amp;num=1</a><br />
<a href="http://clang.llvm.org/">http://clang.llvm.org/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Feng Office 2.5</span></strong><br />
free web-based open source collaboration platform<br />
management of: project tasks, billing, documents, communication, scheduling, electronic information, etc.<br />
- only the 'Community Edition' is free<br />
<a href="http://www.fengoffice.com/web/">http://www.fengoffice.com/web/</a><br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengoo/files/fengoffice/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengoo/files/fengoffice/</a> (download)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">GPartEd Live 0.17.0-4 Stable</span></strong><br />
open source Gnome Partition Editor - resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions<br />
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux<br />
<a href="http://gparted.sourceforge.net/">http://gparted.sourceforge.net/</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/</a> (project page)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Jenkins 1.547</span></strong><br />
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers<br />
- automates the building/testing process<br />
<a href="http://jenkins-ci.org/">http://jenkins-ci.org/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">LLVM 3.4</span></strong><br />
compiler back-end for compile-time, link-time, run-time, and &quot;idle-time&quot; optimization of programs written in arbitrary programming languages<br />
<a href="http://llvm.org/">http://llvm.org/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">phpMyAdmin 4.1.4</span></strong><br />
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.<br />
<a href="http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php">http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Trillian 5.4.0.15</span></strong><br />
open source instant messaging program<br />
<a href="http://www.trillian.im/">http://www.trillian.im/</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Meaning of Colors</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Red = New or Warning</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#090;">Green = Updated</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#555;">Gray = Info Only</span></strong></p>
<p>Engine List: <a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list</a><br />
Chess News: <a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.<br />
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org</span></strong></p>
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