Engine Updates

Barbarossa 0.2.0 (UCI)
Haskell source; Win32/64, Linux64
- added a Win32 build
https://github.com/nionita/Barbarossa/releases

Jazz r840 (WB/UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
- silent update, version number unchanged
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-download.html

Sjaak II svn366 (WB)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac32/64, variants
- this is a source-code-only release
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-download.html (homepage)
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/download/sjaakii-svn366-src.tar.gz (direct link)

Sayuri 2015.03.02 (UCI)
Sayuri 2015.02.27 (UCI)
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 threads); Linux64, Win64
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases

Superpawn build 96 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64
http://chess.johnbyrd.org/

Chess News

Jerry 1.0 beta Chess GUI (UCI)
new chess GUI by Dominik Klein
Win32/64, Mac64 & Linux32/64
- GUI is limited to running Stockfish engine only
http://asdfjkl.github.io/jerry/

Jim Ablett Android compiles
- Trappy Beowulf 2.0.0 JA (WB)
- Sunsetter C10 JA (WB)
- SlowChess 2.960e JA (WB/UCI)
- Jazz r8.40 JA (WB/UCI)
- Sachy 0.2.01 JA (WB)
http://jimablett.net63.net/compiles.html

Ordo 0.9.9
calculates relative ratings based on game results
https://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/ordo

Scid vs. PC rev. 2183 beta Chess GUI (WB)
open source fork of Scid project enhanced for playing chess
Win32/64, Mac & .tgz source for Linux
- this is a Windows-only beta version
http://scidvspc.sourceforge.net/index.html (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/ (downloads)

Chess Programming Blogs

Arasan: http://arasanchess.org/blogs/feb15.html
Arasan: http://arasanchess.org/blogs/mar15.html
iCE: http://macechess.blogspot.de/2015/03/evaluation-and-search.html

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
- Freeware Schach: fixed a typo
- added Galjoen
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

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

Native Engine List
- added JavaChess Engine Online
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_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

Adblock Plus 1.4 for IE
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/

AIMP 3.60.1483
free audio player with audio converter, recorder, tag editor, Internet radio & more
http://www.aimp.ru/index.php?do=lang&lng=en

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2015.0.5751
free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/free-antivirus-download

BitTorrent 7.9.2 (build 38914)
freeware; the original bit torrent program; for Windows only
http://www.bittorrent.com/

CDT 8.6.0
open source, fully-featured C/C++ IDE plugin for Eclipse
http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/

ClamWin Free Antivirus 0.98.6
excellent open source antivirus scanner, does not include an on-access real-time scanner
http://www.clamwin.com/

CPU-Z 1.72
free Windows utility to detect all PC hardware & system components
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

Eclipse 4.4.2
open source extensible IDE framework supporting plugins for almost all programming languages
w/ syntax highlighting, intellisense, code completion, templates, version control, more
http://www.eclipse.org/ (homepage)

FileZilla Client 3.10.2
open source cross-platform ftp client; recommended
http://filezilla-project.org/
https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1 (downloads)

Git 2.3.1
cross-platform, distributed version control system that is free and open source
http://git-scm.com/

Glary Utilities 5.20.0.35
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security for Windows
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html

Jenkins 1.601
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

LibreOffice 4.4.1
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
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

LLVM 3.6.0
compiler back-end for compile-time, link-time, run-time, and "idle-time" optimization of programs written in arbitrary programming languages
http://llvm.org/

MariaDB 10.0.17 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 vs MySQL)
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/what-is-mariadb-100 (What is MariaDB 10?)
http://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/10.0.17/ (MariaDB 10.0.17 page)

MongoDB 2.6.8 Production Release
free, open source NoSQL database; uses document store model
http://www.mongodb.org/downloads

Network Scanner 6.0.4
Windows free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS & SNMP scanner; scans for listening TCP/UDP ports & displays shared network resource types
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/

Porteus 3.3.0
Gerntoo-based Linux distro; uses Firefox as the desktop (Kiosk); #52 in popularity
http://porteus-kiosk.org/

PSPad 4.5.9
free, feature-filled programmer's text editor for Windows
http://www.pspad.com/en/ (homepage)

Puppy Linux -- Quirky 7.0
Puppy is a popular (#12) 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 is built from Ubuntu and is intended for full installs
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (news)
http://puppylinux.org/ (PuppyLinux homepage)
http://bkhome.org/news//?viewDetailed=00174 (Quirky blog entry)
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky6/amd64/april-7.0/release-april-7.0.htm (Quirky announcement)

Putty 0.64
open source Windows client for SSH, Telnet and Rlogin network protocols
- this is a security fix
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

Python 3.4.3
popular general-purpose, open source programming language
- security fix for an older version, current version is 3.5.0
https://www.python.org/ (homepage)
https://www.python.org/downloads/ (downloads)

Sabayon 15.03
Gentoo-based, rolling release distro; choice of desktops: GNOME, KDE, MATE or Xfce; #44 in popularity
http://www.sabayon.org/

ToDoList 6.9.6
Windows/iOS/Android open-source todo list / calendar program with nestable todos, recurring reminders, Gantt charts, etc
http://www.abstractspoon.com/ (homepage)
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/5371/ToDoList-Feature-Release-An-effective-and-flexible (info + download)

USBDeview 2.41
free Win32/64 utility to list all USB devices ever connected to computer; can uninstall any USB drivers local or remote
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html (homepage)
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip (direct download)

VirtualBox 4.3.24
open source, general-purpose, full virtualizer for x86 and AMD64/Intel64 hardware
runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris as host
install one or more guest operating systems onto the same computer
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes (list of guest operating systems)
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog (changelog)
http://www.virtualbox.org/ (homepage)

VLC Media Player 2.2.0
open source, cross-platform multimedia player (audio/video); recommended
http://www.videolan.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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