Engine Updates

iCE 2.0 v2240 (UCI)
Win32/64; own GUI; iCE = 'improved chess engine'; successor to the mACE engine
- "most of the commited changes in this release are now related to the search framework"
http://www.fam-petzke.de/chess_home_en.shtml

Chess News

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book Databases
- updated EPD programs: epdBalance, epdDifference & epdPieces
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page 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 2.2.0
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/

FileZilla Client 3.9.0.5
open source cross-platform ftp client; recommended
http://filezilla-project.org/
https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1 (downloads)

Gentoo Linux 20140826
independent distro; desktop: AfterStep, Blackbox, Fluxbox, GNOME, IceWM, KDE, LXDE, Openbox, WMaker, Xfce: #47 in popularity
http://www.gentoo.org/

Jenkins 1.580
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

LLVM 3.5.0
compiler back-end for compile-time, link-time, run-time, and "idle-time" optimization of programs written in arbitrary programming languages
http://llvm.org/

SparkyLinux 3.5
Debian-based distro; Enlightenment, JWM, LXDE, MATE, Openbox, Razor-qt, Xfce desktops; #27 in popularity
http://sparkylinux.org/

Zero Install 2.6.7
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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