Engine Updates

Fairy-Max 4.8V (WB)
Win32; variants
- bugfix
http://hgm.nubati.net/fairymax.zip (direct link)

Lozza 1.11 (UCI)
JavaScript source
- engine requires using jsUCI program (by Edmund Moshammer), available separately
http://op12no2.me/toys/lozza/lozza.js (source code)
http://op12no2.me/posts/1818 (UCI stand-alone instructions)

Numpty Recharged (WB)
Basic source (FreeBasic); Win32/64
- now includes draw and resign features
- first time for Win64 version
http://sites.google.com/site/numptychess/

Chess News

JavaPairing 2.8
open source cross-platform chess pairings manager for Swiss events
http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapairing/ (project page)
http://javapairing.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)

Winboard/XBoard Chess GUI (WB/UCI)
- some bugfixes
- silent update, version number unchanged
http://hgm.nubati.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=xboard.git;a=snapshot;h=refs/heads/master;sf=tgz (direct link to source)

Xboard OSX 4.8 Chess GUI (WB/UCI)
Winboard/XBoard Chess GUI ported to Mac by Joshua Pettus
- there is a Shogi edition as well
http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=53274

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

Java Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Bagatur, Cheoss, Chess Novice, Dok Chess, & WSpeirs Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:java_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

Alpine 3.0.6
independent Linux distro; XFCE desktop; #63 in popularity
http://www.alpinelinux.org/

Avast! Free Antivirus 2015 10.0.2206
free antivirus for Win32/64; the program is registerware: you must divulge your email address
http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

AVG Free Edition 2015.0.5557
free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh.line-2014

CDBurnerXP 4.5.4.5143
open source CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning software for Win32/64
this program requires .NET framework; Media Format 9.0 update required if using WMA format
- be careful, you will want the version *without* the 'Open Candy' advertising malware
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/download (homepage)
http://cdburnerxp.se/download?more-options (download)

Django 1.7.1
Django 1.6.8
high-level, rapid development, Python-based web framework
- all Django versions, new & old, are updated and bugfixed
https://www.djangoproject.com/

Feng Office 2.7.1.5
free web-based open source collaboration platform
management of: project tasks, billing, documents, communication, scheduling, electronic information, etc.
- only the 'Community Edition' is free
http://www.fengoffice.com/web/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengoo/files/fengoffice/ (download)

Emacs 24.4
popular, powerful, programmable cross-platform text editor with a huge number of extensions available
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/

Jenkins 1.586
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

MediaMonkey 4.1.5
free music player & organizer. Also: sync, convert, autotag, and burn CDs/DVDs
http://www.mediamonkey.com/information/free/ (more info)
http://www.mediamonkey.com/ (homepage)

Oracle Linux 6.6
commercial distro based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6; GNOME & KDE desktops; #61 in popularity
http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/linux/index.html

phpMyAdmin 4.2.10.1
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Pidgin 2.10.10
open source chat program; works with almost all chat networks
http://www.pidgin.im/ (homepage)
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog (changelog)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/ (download)

qBittorrent 3.1.11
open source cross-platform Bittorrent client
http://www.qbittorrent.org/

Ubuntu 14.10
Debian-based Linux distro; Unity desktop; #2 in popularity
- this is an update to the LTS version
- Lubuntu (Ubuntu with LXDE desktop); #13 in popularity
- Xubuntu (Ubuntu with XFCE desktop); #26 in popularity
- UbuntuGNOME (Ubuntu with GNOME desktop); #43 in popularity
- Kubuntu (Ubuntu with KDE desktop); #41 in popularity
- Ubuntu Studio (Ubuntu with Xfce desktop and audio/visual/multimedia extras); #66 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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Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

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