Engine Updates

My Internet-facing server failed. The hardware is now repaired.

Andscacs 0.60l (UCI)
Win32/64
- first time for Win32 build
- removed dll dependency
- minor changes in evaluation; slightly stronger on very fast time controls
http://www.andscacs.com/

BlackMamba 2.0 (UCI)
Win32/64, Mac32; mp; multiPV; limit strength; support for Polyglot opening books
- silent update, version number unchanged
- added a compatibility build for 64-bit WinXP
http://sites.google.com/site/mdannib/

Tony Mokonen Win32 builds
Twinfish 007 TM (WB/UCI)
C++ source; Win32; Stockfish clone
not a real engine, just an programming experiment to prove a point about similarity testing
http://tmokonen.net84.net/ (Win32 exe)

Chess News

Popeye 4.65
open source chess problem-solving with support for variant play
http://sourceforge.net/projects/popeye-chess/

Chess Programming Blogs

iCE: http://macechess.blogspot.de/2014/02/tablebase-generation-on-fly.html

Wiki Changes

Chess Logos List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Javalin to Graham Banks logos
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_list

FACE Tournament
- updated pages: Face main page & download page
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Chess Wizard: added 2 links
- LiliaChess: updated chart, revised comment
- Proteus Chess: updated comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- ChessTiger, Junior, Shredder, and Zap: updated comments
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

Adobe Shockwave Player 12.0.9.149
allows you to view interactive web content like games, business presentations, entertainment, and advertisements from your web browser
(displays web content that has been created using Adobe Director)
http://www.adobe.com/products/shockwaveplayer.html (shockwave homepage)
http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/ (download)

CrystalDiskInfo 6.1.8
open source hard drive monitoring/warning/alarm system using SMART technology
http://crystalmark.info/?lang=en

Feng Office 2.5.1, RC 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 *release candidate*
http://www.fengoffice.com/web/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengoo/files/fengoffice/ (download)

FileZilla Client 3.7.4
open source cross-platform ftp client; recommended
http://filezilla-project.org/
https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1 (downloads)

Ghostery 5.1.1 for Firefox
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets on every web page you visit;
"See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
http://www.ghostery.com/download

Immunet Protect Free 3.1.8.9583
Cloud-based antivirus that can used in addition to your regular antivirus
http://www.immunet.com/free/index.html

Jenkins 1.551
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

Lcc for Win32/64
small, simple, fast open source C compiler & development tools; Windows-hosted with cross compiling facilities
free for non-commercial use
- version number is unknown
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/README (changes)
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/ (website + downloads)

LibreOffice 4.1.5
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
- OpenOffice (Apache), LibreOffice (Document Foundation), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

MariaDB 10.0.8 Release Candidate
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 release candidate databases, but this one is interesting due to the inclusion of multi-source replication
- "do not use this release on production systems"
- use mainstream 5.x version for production MySQL-compatible databases
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/what-is-mariadb-100 (What is MariaDB 10.0?)
http://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/10.0.8/ (MariaDB 10.0.8 page)

LXLE 12.04.4
Lubuntu-based (LTS) distro; LXDE desktop; #23 in popularity
http://lxle.net/

Paint.NET 4.0 Beta
very nice free image and photo editing software (paint program)
http://www.getpaint.net/

Pale Moon 24.3.2
open source, efficiency-optimized build of Firefox source code for Windows
- 32 & 64-bit versions available
http://www.palemoon.org/

phpMyAdmin 4.1.7
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Puppy Linux -- Fatdog64 630 Final
Puppy is a popular (#10) 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)

Python 3.3.4
popular open source programming language
http://www.python.org/ (homepage)

Zero Install 2.3.9
open source, decentralized, cross-platform, cross-distribution software installation system
"Create one package that works everywhere; with dependency handling and automatic updates"
Zero Install programs are fetched at runtime the first time and run from your cache subsequently
http://0install.net/faq.html (FAQ)
http://0install.de/?lang=en

Meaning of Colors

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

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