Engine Updates

Dreamer 0.2.1, RC 2 (WB)
C source; own GUI; Linux; engine is part of DreamChess 2D/3D Chess GUI
- source-code only release (tar.gz/deb/rpm files)
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.dreamchess.org/index.php?page=home (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dreamchess/files/dreamchess/Git/ (download)

Rodent 1.6 (UCI)
C source; Win32/64; limit strength; originally based on Sungorus code; supports Polyglot opening book
- "score against previous version exceeded 57%"
- bugfix to prevent hanging in endgame
- root move selection, aspiration window handling and root search are all significantly altered
- hash reuse logic has been improved
https://github.com/nescitus/rodent_rewrite (source)
http://www.pkoziol.cal24.pl/rodent/rodent.htm (homepage + downloads)

Chess News

Eagle Mode 0.86.0 Chess GUI (WB)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32/64; an engine is part of Eagle Mode own GUI
- Eagle Mode is the name of the GUI, SilChess is the name of the engine
- all the updated changes seem to be related to the chess GUI, not to the engine
http://eaglemode.sourceforge.net/ (Eagle Mode homepage)
http://github.com/ackalker/eaglemode/ (older source code)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/eaglemode/files/ (Eagle Mode downloads)

WinBoard/XBoard 4.8.0 Chess GUI
cross-platform, open source chess GUI
- this version has been out a while, but it is now 'officially released'
http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=51528 (WB forum page)
http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/ (Linux version + general information)
http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=53274 (Mac version)
http://hgm.nubati.net/WinBoard-4.8.0.exe (Win exe direct link)
http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/user_guide/UserGuide.html (user guide)
http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=8140 (announcement)

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

FACE Tournament
- FACE 14, Div 1 -- 3rd quarter results
http://computer-chess.org/forum/index.php?mode=thread&id=2936#p2940

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

Arch 2014.11.01
independent, rolling-release Linux distro; Cinnamon, Enlightenment, GNOME, KDE, LXDE, MATE, Xfce desktops;
#7 in popularity
- this is the monthly release
http://www.archlinux.org/

FrostWire 6.0.0
open source, cross-platform Java-based BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) client
http://www.frostwire.com/

Jenkins 1.589
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)

OpenBSD 5.6
independent distro based on BSD; desktops: almost all of them; #85 in popularity
http://www.openbsd.org/

Orwell Dev-C++ 5.8.2
excellent cross-platform open source C/C++ IDE for 32-/64-bit development
http://sourceforge.net/projects/orwelldevcpp/ (homepage)

phpMyAdmin 4.2.11
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Simplicity 14.10
Puppy-based, 32-bit; XFCE desktop; #28 in popularity
- this is a good distro for old, slow machines
http://simplicitylinux.org/

Trillian 5.5.0.16
open source instant messaging program
http://www.trillian.im/

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Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

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