Engine Updates

Javalin (WB)
new engine by Andrew Brooks
Java source
- source code only, no jar or binary builds yet
http://github.com/ambrooks1/javalin (info)
http://code.google.com/p/javalin-chess/ (source)

Robocide (UCI)
new engine by Daniel White
C source
- source code only, no binary builds yet
http://github.com/DanielWhite94/robocide

Small Potato 0.7.0 (WB)
C source; Win32
- source code only, no binary builds yet ie: `./configure; make; make install' has not been run
- works on 64-bit systems
- extremely minor tweaking of evaluation (of most likely no consequence)
- fixed a bug where it could make an illegal move on the 50th move of a 50-move draw
- note that the book format changed; books are also not interchangeable between 32- and 64-bit systems
- last update was 9 years ago!
http://smallpotato.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://github.com/alito/smallpotato (code repo)
http://github.com/alito/smallpotato/releases (download)

Chess News

Nothing new today

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

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

Calibre 1.22.0
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/

Feng Office 2.5.1 Beta 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
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.fengoffice.com/web/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengoo/files/fengoffice/ (download)

MySQL Community Server 5.6.16
free (Community Server Edition only!), cross-platform, very popular open source SQL database
http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ (download)

Pale Moon 24.3.1
open source, efficiency-optimized build of Firefox source code for Windows
- 32 & 64-bit versions available
http://www.palemoon.org/

PNotes.NET 1.5
free, open source Windows reminder program that uses persistent desktop notes
- available in two versions
- standard version
- .NET version requires more memory and extra runtimes, but has slightly more features
http://pnotes.sourceforge.net/

Puppy Linux "Quirky 6.0 Tahr"
Puppy is a popular (#11) 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
- the 'Tahr' version of Quirky is binary-compatible with Ubuntu development
version - 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 - Quirky Puppy is built from Wary and
Racy and is very experimental http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (news)
http://puppylinux.org/ (PuppyLinux homepage)
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky6/x86/tahr-6.0/release-tahr-6.0.htm (release notes)
http://bkhome.org/news/?viewDetailed=00052 (announcement)

Scientific Linux 6.5
Linux distro based on Red Hat Enterprise; choice of GNOME, IceWM, KDE desktops; #53 in popularity
https://www.scientificlinux.org/

SparkyLinux 3.2.1 "Xfce"
Debian-based distro; LXDE, Ultra, Razor-qt desktops; #19 in popularity
http://sparkylinux.org/

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