Engine Updates

Fischerle 0.9.61 (UCI)
cross-platform Java jar file & Win32/64; own GUI
- some minor transposition table inaccuracies eliminated
- "not to be subjected to formal testing and ranking (CCRL etc.), since the differences to its predecessor Fischerle_0_9_60 regarding both playing strength and style are very small"
http://www.stuckardt.de/index.php/schachengine-fischerle.html

SjaakII 1.0, RC 2 (WB)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac32/64, variants
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-download.html (Mac build + source)

Stockfish 6 98-VF (UCI)
- unofficial 32-bit builds of Stockfish 6 with Syzygy egtb support removed
- claims to support old CPUs & old Windows OSes (Win98, WinXP)
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (SDChess)

Chess News

Jim Ablett Android compiles
- Dirty 03.04.11 JA (WB)
- GES 1.34 JA (WB)
- Deep Saros 2.3f JA (UCI)
- Kiwi 0.6d JA (WB) -- rebuild
- Jester 0.84 JA (WB)
http://jimablett.net63.net/compiles.html

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner

Engine GUI List
- added Galjoem
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

GUI Protocol List
- updated link for Kaya
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Linux Engine List
- added Galjoem
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_engine_list

Online Databases / Game Collections List
- updated link for ICOfY Base
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:online_databases_game_collections_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 Flash Player 16.0.0.305
free cross-platform flash video player
- this is another important update that fixes a serious zero-day vulnerability
- Flash is in a first-place tie with Java as the most common avenue of infection
- beware of installing unwanted 3rd party software
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Feng Office 3.0.6
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)

Git 2.3.0
cross-platform, distributed version control system that is free and open source
http://git-scm.com/

jEdit 5.2.0
open source, cross-platform programmer's text editor; supports many languages; extensive plugins
http://www.jedit.org/

Manjaro 0.8.12
Arch-based, rolling-release distro; desktops: Openbox, Cinnamon, KDE, MATE, Xfce; #18 in popularity
http://manjaro.org/

PDFCreator 2.0.2
free open-source Windows tool to create PDF files from nearly any application
http://www.pdfforge.org/

PDF-XChange Viewer 2.5.312
free PDF file viewer for Windows
http://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor

phpMyAdmin 4.3.9
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

PostgreSQL 9.4.1
open source SQL database for high performance and high availability applications
- due to security fixes: "All users should update their PostgreSQL installation at the next opportunity"
http://www.postgresql.org/ (homepage)
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/ (announcement)

PyDev 3.9.2 for Eclips
open source Python IDE for Eclipse; can be used for Python, Jython, and IronPython development
http://pydev.org/

PyPy 2.5.0
cross-platform, open source Python implementation; choose JIT (default), no JIT, stackless, or sandboxed;
also available: back ends for .NET and Java (see: 'Features' page);
other languages that run in the JIT: Prolog (incomplete), Smalltalk, JavaScript, Io, Scheme and Gameboy
for Win32, Linux 32/64, Mac64, & ARM
- syntax-compatible with Python 2.7.8 (PyPy2) or 3.2.5 (PyPy3)
- "6.91 times faster than Python 2.7.2 (improvement from 6.22 times faster for previous version)
http://pypy.org/ (homepage)

Q4OS
based on Debian (Stable); Trinity desktop; #33 in popularity
http://q4os.org/

Sabayon 15.02.1
Gentoo-based, rolling release distro; choice of desktops: GNOME, KDE, MATE or Xfce; #48 in popularity
http://www.sabayon.org/

Scribus 1.4.5
cross-platform, open-source program for professional page layout
http://www.scribus.net/

Simplicity 15.1
Linux distro based on Puppy; KDE & LXDE desktops; #26 in popularity
- this is a good distro for old, slow machines
http://simplicitylinux.org/

System Explorer 6.3.1
free; detailed info about Windows tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows,
services, drivers, connections and opened files; graph/monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/

SystemRescueCd 4.5.1
bootable image for CD or USB stick to rescue data from HD; mount and read data from any disk;
features disk partitioning, LVM management, data copying, remote backup, more
http://www.sysresccd.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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