Engine Updates

Galjoen 0.26 (WB)
new engine by Werner Taelemans
C++ source; Win32; uses Polyglot books
http://www.goudengaljoen.be/

Nemeton 1.1 (WB)
Pascal source; Win32
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=17c791428db77d82&id=17C791428DB77D82!128&ithint=file,rar&authkey=!ABKXq_IX8JnQsrQ

Sayuri 2015.02.16 (UCI)
Sayuri 2015.02.15 (UCI)
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 threads); Linux64, Win64
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases

Sjaak II 1.0 RC4 (WB)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac32/64, variants
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-download.html (Mac build + source)

Chess News

Chess for Android 5.0.5 Chess GUI (WB/UCI)
Aart Bik's free GUI + chess engine for Android
- sorted engine list
- gauntlet and full tournaments
- support for the open exchange format
- GUI time lag option
http://aartbik.blogspot.com/ (blog)
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/android.html (homepage and download)

Droidfish 1.57 (UCI)
port of Stockfish to Android platform + chess GUI
- updated stockfish to version 6
- auto forward mode when replaying games
- translation updates
http://web.comhem.se/petero2home/droidfish/index.html

Eagle Mode 0.88.0 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
- replaced API class emTiling by more specialized classes: emLinearLayout, emRasterLayout, and emPackLayout
- accordingly replaced emGroup by emLinearGroup, emRasterGroup, and emPackGroup
- fixed cropping of video frames
- fixed launch feedback
- improved input processing on slow machines
- minor fixes
http://eaglemode.sourceforge.net/ (Eagle Mode homepage)
http://github.com/ackalker/eaglemode/ (older source code)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/eaglemode/files/ (Eagle Mode downloads)

Jim Ablett Android compiles
- DanChess 1.04a JA (WB)
- Romichess P3k JA (WB)
- The Mad Prune 1.7.04 JA (UCI)
- Doch 1.34 JA (UCI)
- Natwarlal 0.14 JA (WB)
- Danasah 5.07 JA (WB)
- Cyclone 3.4 JA (UCI)
- Grapefruit 1.0 JA (UCI)
http://jimablett.net63.net/compiles.html

Colin Jenkins Javascript engines
Lozza chess engine list
- new js engines are available for online play
http://op12no2.me/posts/1964

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner

Chess Logos List
- updated count of Norbert Raimund Leisner Chess Logos
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_list

GUI Protocol List
- added Cesso
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_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

Amanda Network Backup 3.3.7, Patch 1
open source, cross-platform admin tool for network backup
http://www.amanda.org/

BitTorrent 7.9.2 (build 38759)
freeware; the original bit torrent program; for Windows only
http://www.bittorrent.com/

Bodhi 3.0.0
Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux distro; Enlightenment desktop; #19 in popularity
http://www.bodhilinux.com/

Cassandra 2.1.3
free, popular, open source, distributed NoSQL database; uses wide column store model
http://cassandra.apache.org/download/

Clonezilla Live 2.3.2-22 Stable
open source system image backup/restore (Live) or multicast new system images (SE)
http://clonezilla.org/

Format Factory 3.6.0
free multi-media converter; convert all popular video/audio/picture formats to all others
CD/DVD ripper; iOS support; audio/video joining/repairing
- be careful you don't install 3rd party toolbars by mistake!
http://www.pcfreetime.com/index.html

Freeplane 1.3.15
free, open source, free-form note taking w/optional hierarchical ordering, calendar and reminders
- for Windows and Mac, with beta version available for Linux
http://www.freeplane.org/

FrostWire 6.0.6
open source, cross-platform Java-based BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) client
http://www.frostwire.com/

Gosu 1.4.1
a Java-like programming language for the jvm featuring: OO, closures, inference, simplified generics, etc.
http://gosu-lang.org/

Go Programming Language 1.4.2
statically-typed, compiled, simple C-like language with type inference and more
http://golang.org/

Groovy 2.4.1
open source jvm dynamic scripting language; it is a superset of the Java language
http://groovy.codehaus.org/ (homepage)

HHVM 3.5.1
Facebook's open-source replacement/improvement for PHP
- HHVM programs run much faster than PHP programs
- package includes the Hack programming language 3.5.1
https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/releases

Jenkins 1.600
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

LibreOffice 4.3.6
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
- LibreOffice (Document Foundation), OpenOffice (Apache), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same
- this is a maintainence update to an older version
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

MariaDB 5.5.42 Stable
open source fork of MySQL; completely compatible w/MySQL; w/extra DB engines & extra features
"MariaDB is a binary drop-in replacement for MySQL"
MariaDB restores several significant features that Oracle has dropped from MySQL
- gaining popularity from MySQL, a work-alike competitor with fewer features
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features)

Netrunner 15
Kubuntu-based or Arch-based Linux distro; customized KDE desktop; #33 in popularity
- this is the latest snapshot of the Kubuntu-based version
http://www.netrunner-os.com/

PHP 5.6.6
PHP 5.5.22
PHP 5.4.38
PHP is a very popular and practical general-purpose open source scripting language; it is primarily used for web applications
- bufix and security fixes
http://php.net/

phpMyAdmin 4.3.10
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Puppy Linux -- Tahrpup 6.0.2
compatible with Ububuntu LTS 14.04 (Trusty Tahr)
Puppy is a popular (#14) and easy-to-learn, easy-to-use Linux distribution
open source, boots from a CD (your Windows installation is unchanged) w/ simple instruction manual
old, slow computers run very well using Puppy's all-in-memory Linux kernel
there are many versions of Puppy available, each with a specific purpose
you don't necessarily use the latest release, you use the version with the software you want
you will need to know how to burn a disk from an ISO image
- Fatdog64 is a 64-bit Puppy distro; it is larger than most other Puppys
- Precise Puppy is binary-compatible with Ubuntu LTS 12.04.1
- Wary Puppy is intended to run on older hardware
- Racy Puppy is a mod of Wary Puppy, supporting the newest machines
- Slacko Puppy can use Puppy, Slackware, Salix, or Slacky software repositories; Slacko seems to be the flagship version
- Quirky Puppy is built from Wary and Racy and is very experimental
- Tahrpup is built from Ubuntu Trusty Tahr
- Quirky Unicorn is built from Ubuntu Utopic Unicorn
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (news)
http://puppylinux.org/ (PuppyLinux homepage)
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (Tahrpup announcement)

System Explorer 6.3.2
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/

TortoiseGit 1.8.13.0
Win or Mac client for Git version control system
- silent update, version number unchanged
http://tortoisegit.org/

Ubuntu 14.04.2
Debian-based Linux distro; Unity desktop; #2 in popularity
- this is an update to the LTS version
- Lubuntu (Ubuntu with LXDE desktop); #15 in popularity
- Xubuntu (Ubuntu with XFCE desktop); #30 in popularity
- Kubuntu (Ubuntu with KDE desktop); #35 in popularity
- UbuntuGNOME (Ubuntu with GNOME desktop); #41 in popularity
- Ubuntu Studio (Ubuntu with Xfce desktop and audio/visual/multimedia extras); #74 in popularity
http://ubuntustudio.org/ (Ubuntu Studio)
http://ubuntugnome.org/ (UbuntuGNOME)
http://www.kubuntu.org/ (Kubuntu)
http://www.xubuntu.org/ (Xubuntu)
http://lubuntu.net/ (Lubuntu)
http://www.ubuntu.com/ (Ubuntu)

VMware Player 7.1.0
free open source, cross-platform virtual machine emulator, similar to VirtualBox
run multiple operating systems at the same time on your PC
http://www.vmware.com/products/player/overview.html

WordPress 4.1.1
free, popular, open source website/blog creation using PHP & MySQL w/ many plugins & themes
http://wordpress.org/ (homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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