Engine Updates

Nothing new today

Chess News

Siyam 0.27 (WB)
new engine by Ferdinand Mosca (Deuterium)
plays chess variant Shogi on a 9x9 board
https://sites.google.com/site/deuteriumengine/files/shogi-9x9

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

the following pages were updated by Norbert Raimund Leisner:
gui_protocol_support_list
mobile_chess_list
variants_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

Calibre 1.46.0
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/

CCleaner 4.16
free Windows/Mac registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective
uninstalls programs, system restore, drive wiper, controls startup programs, context menus, etc
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner (CCleaner homepage)
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2014/7/24/ccleaner-v416 (announcement)

Data Crow 4.0.1
free, open source media manager/cataloger for movies, books, music, software, chess, etc.
http://www.datacrow.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/datacrow/ (project page)

Drupal 7.30
open source PHP-based content management platform for easy website creation
http://drupal.org/home

Git 2.0.3
distributed version control system that is free and open source
http://git-scm.com/

Gosu 1.1
a Java-like programming language for the jvm featuring: OO, closures, inference, simplified generics, etc.
- this is the first 1.x release
http://gosu-lang.org/

Groovy 2.3.5
open source jvm dynamic scripting language; it is a superset of the Java language
- this is a bugfix/security update to an older version
http://groovy.codehaus.org/ (homepage)

PHP 5.5.15
PHP 5.4.31
PHP is a very popular and practical open source scripting language; it is primarily used for web applications
http://php.net/ (homepage)

PostgreSQL 9.3.5
open source SQL database for high performance and high availability applications
http://www.postgresql.org/ (homepage)
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1511/ (announcement)

Robolinux 7.5.6
based on Debian(Stable); GNOME desktop; #28 in popularity
- has pre-configured virtual machine support pack with Windows XP or Windows 7
http://www.robolinux.org/

Scala 2.11.2
a powerful OO, imperative/functional jvm language for professional programmers w/Actors for concurrency
http://www.scala-lang.org/

SmartOS 20140724
Solaris-based Unix-like distro; desktops: LXDE, MATE & OpenBox; #35 in popularity
- this is a based on Illumos, a community fork of OpenSolaris
- desktop environments must be installed from command line after installation of OS
http://smartos.org/

Ubuntu 14.04.1
Debian-based Linux distro; Unity desktop; #2 in popularity
- this is an update to the LTS version
- Lubuntu (Ubuntu with LXDE desktop); #12 in popularity
- Xubuntu (Ubuntu with XFCE desktop); #17 in popularity
- UbuntuGNOME (Ubuntu with GNOME desktop); #30 in popularity
- Kubuntu (Ubuntu with KDE desktop); #33 in popularity
- Ubuntu Studio (Ubuntu with Xfce desktop and audio/visual/multimedia extras); #56 in popularity
http://ubuntustudio.org/ (Ubuntu Studio)
http://www.kubuntu.org/ (Kubuntu)
http://ubuntugnome.org/ (UbuntuGNOME)
http://www.xubuntu.org/ (Xubuntu)
http://lubuntu.net/ (Lubuntu)
http://www.ubuntu.com/ (Ubuntu)

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Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

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