Engine Updates

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Chess News

Jim Ablett Android compiles
- Murka 3 JA (WB/UCI)
- Pawny 1.0 JA (UCI)
- Protector 1.8.0 JA (UCI)
- Polyglot 1.4.47b JA (UCI to WB protocol converter)
- Cinnamon 1.2b JA (UCI)
- Soldat III 178 JA (WB)
http://jimablett.net63.net/compiles.html

Lucas Chess 9.0
"play chess against the computer with increasing levels of difficulty and with a limited number of hints that are given by a chess tutor"
Python source; Win32
- also available as a portable build
http://www-lucaschess.rhcloud.com (homepage)

Ordo 0.9.9.2
calculates relative ratings based on game results
https://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/ordo

Chess Programming Blogs

Maverick blog: http://www.chessprogramming.net/losing-time/

Wiki Page Changes

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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

Feng Office 3.1.1.0
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)

Firefox 36.0.1
popular, free, open source browser
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)

Java 8, Update 40
update of Java runtime environment and development kit (JRE or JDK)
- Java is in a first-place tie with Flash as the most common avenue of infection when computers become compromised
- it is important to disable the Java plugin in your browser, or bad things may happen to you!
- more security fixes along with bugfixes & enhancements
- "Only users with long term support contracts will be able to download future Java 7 security fixes"
http://www.java.com/en/download/manual_java7.jsp (Java 7 download)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html (Java 8 download)

Jenkins 1.602
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

Miranda IM 0.10.30
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/

MongoDB 3.0.0 Production Release
free, open source NoSQL database; uses document store model
http://www.mongodb.org/downloads

MPlayer for Windows 2015-02-06
open source media player for Windows
http://muldersoft.com/#mplayer (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/muldersoft/files/MPlayer%20for%20Windows/ (download)

phpMyAdmin 4.3.11.1
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Puppy Linux -- Quirky 7.0.1
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)

Q4OS 0.5.27
Linux distro based on Debian (Stable); Trinity desktop; #25 in popularity
http://q4os.org/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.1
independent commercial distro; desktop: GNOME, KDE; #37 in popularity
http://www.redhat.com/

Ruby 2.2.1
popular scripting language, often used with Rails library
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/ (homepage)

Scala 2.11.6
a powerful OO, imperative/functional jvm language for professional programmers w/Actors for concurrency
http://www.scala-lang.org/

Skype 7.2.0.103
free cross-platform videophone/phone/instant messenger program
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home

Vuze 5.6.0.0
open source Java-based BitTorrent client formerly known as Azureus
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index.php

Wireshark 1.12.4 Stable
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
http://www.wireshark.org/

Zback 2.80.0.b
free backup/restore/synchronization program for Windows
- speed optimizations
- allows more then 260 chars in pathnames
http://dzorc.000space.com/zback.html
http://titan.fsb.hr/~dzorc/zback.html

Zero Install 2.7.2
open source, decentralized, cross-platform, cross-distribution software installation system
"Create one package that works everywhere; with dependency handling and automatic updates"
Zero Install programs are fetched at runtime the first time and run from your cache subsequently
http://0install.net/faq.html (FAQ)
http://0install.de/?lang=en

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