Engine Updates

Dann Corbit Win64 builds
Fruit Reloaded 2.1 modified by DC (UCI)
C++ source; multiPV; Win64
- engine modified by Dann Corbit to add an eval cache
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fznvu20iisnzvsv/Fruit-reloaded-public-master.7z?dl=0

GreKo 12.6 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; multiPV: limit strength; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac
- small changes in evaluation weights and sorting moves procedure
- "about +30...+50 Elo in my preliminary tests"
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (alt download from SDChess)
http://greko.su/ (homepage)

Jellyfish 1.1 (WB/UCI)
mp; Win32/64, Linux64, Mac
- added mp
- first time for Win64 and Linux64 builds
http://sites.google.com/site/jellyfishchess

Komodo 9 (UCI)
commercial; mp (64 threads); multiPV; FRC; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac; own GUI (Tarrasch Chess GUI); supports Syzygy egtbs
http://komodochess.com/

Lozza 1.15, build 6771 (UCI)
JavaScript source; Win64
http://op12no2.me/toys/lozza/release/lozzawin64114a.exe (direct link)

Maverick 1.0 (UCI)
C++ source; FRC; Win32/64, Linux32
- "strength is approximately 2500 Elo on the CCRL scale"
- first time for Linux compile
http://www.chessprogramming.net/

Sayuri 2015.04.24 (UCI)
Sayuri 2015.04.23 (UCI)
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 threads); Linux64, Win64
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases

Supra 20.2 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64
http://www.supra-chess-engine.info/ (new homepage)

Vajolet2 2.0 (UCI)
C++ source; multiPV; Win32/64
- "in my own test 50 Elo point tronger than old version"
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8vVDpJcWkc9a0N0amZSTGZKNzg&authuser=0 (no popcount version)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8vVDpJcWkc9RUlqUWpuNUlDa28/view?usp=sharing

Zurichess Basel (UCI)
Go source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
- "I expect this release to be 150-180 Elo better"
https://bitbucket.org/brtzsnr/zurichess/downloads

Chess News

Jim Ablett Android compiles
- Maverick 1.0 JA (UCI)
http://jimablett.net63.net/compiles.html

Norm Pollock site
PGN, TXT & EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book Databases
- EPD programs: restored: smOpcode
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Ordo 1.0
calculates relative ratings based on game results
https://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/ordo

Chess Programming Blogs

MadChess: http://www.madchess.net/post/madchess-2-0-beta-build-74-tune-reductions-and-pruning

Wiki Page Changes

Face Tournament
updates by Gerhard
- updated pages: face, participants
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

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 Shockwave Player 12.1.8.158
allows you to view interactive web content like games, business presentations, entertainment, and advertisements from your web browser
(displays web content that has been created using Adobe Director)
http://www.adobe.com/products/shockwaveplayer.html (shockwave homepage)
http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/ (download)

ActiveTcl Community Edition
free cross-platform TCL distribution including the most popular TCL/TK libraries
- latest version is: TCL 8.6.4.0
http://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads

AIMP 3.60.1492
free audio player with audio converter, recorder, tag editor, Internet radio & more
http://www.aimp.ru/index.php?do=lang&lng=en

Autoruns 13.30
Windows program shows programs configured to run during system bootup or login, and
the processing order of these programs
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902

Avast! Free Antivirus 2015 10.2.2218
free antivirus for Win32/64; the program is registerware: you must divulge your email address
http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

BitTorrent 7.9.3 (build 40101)
freeware; the original bit torrent program; for Windows only
http://www.bittorrent.com/

BurnAware Free 8.0
CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc-burning software for Windows
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html (info)
http://www.burnaware.com/downloads.html (download)

Calibre 2.26.0
cross-platform open source ebook manager supporting all popular ebook readers
with format conversion, news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

CCleaner 5.05
free Windows/Mac/Android registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective
uninstalls programs, system restore, drive wiper, controls startup programs, context menus, etc
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner (CCleaner homepage)
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2015/4/23/ccleaner-v505 (announcement)

CDBurnerXP 4.5.5.5571
open source CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning software for Win32/64
this program requires .NET framework; Media Format 9.0 update required if using WMA format
- be careful, you will want the version *without* the 'Open Candy' advertising malware
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/download (homepage)
http://cdburnerxp.se/download?more-options (download)

Debian 8.0.0 Stable
independent Linux distro; all desktop environments supported; #3 in popularity
- 'Jessie' branch is now designated as stable
- new branch 'Stretch' is new testing branch
http://www.debian.org/

Deepin 2014.3
Ubuntu-based Linux distro from China; Deepin desktop environment; #19 in popularity
- this is Ubuntu adapted to the Chinese language, but an English version is available
- this is a monthly update
http://linuxdeepin.com/
http://deepin.org/

FrostWire 6.0.8
open source, cross-platform Java-based BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) client
http://www.frostwire.com/

GCC 5.1.0
open source C/C++ compiler for Linux
includes front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, Ada, and Go, as well as libraries for these languages
http://gcc.gnu.org/ (homepage)
https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-5/ (grouped 5.x.x announcements)

Ghostery 5.4.4 for Firefox
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets on every web page you visit;
"See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
http://www.ghostery.com/download

Git 2.3.7
cross-platform, distributed version control system that is free and open source
http://git-scm.com/

Glary Utilities 5.24.0.43
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security for Windows
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html

HHVM 3.6.2
Facebook's open-source replacement/improvement for PHP
- HHVM programs run much faster than PHP programs
- package includes the Hack programming language, version 3.6.2
https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/releases

Jenkins 1.611
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

Jython 2.7, RC 3
Python language for Java platform (runs on jvm)
- this is a *release candidate*
- requires Java 7 or later
- compatibility with the 2.7 version of CPython
- can run more pure Python apps then any previous release
http://fwierzbicki.blogspot.com/2015/04/jython-27-release-candidate-2-available.html (announcement)
http://www.jython.org/

LibreOffice 4.3.7
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 security/stability update for an older version
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.1.6
free Windows anti-virus
- detect and remove malware that others fail to detect
- free version does *not* provide memory resident protection
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free

MediaMonkey 4.1.7.1741
free music player & organizer. Also: sync, convert, autotag, and burn CDs/DVDs
http://www.mediamonkey.com/information/free/ (more info)
http://www.mediamonkey.com/ (homepage)

Miranda IM 4.2.1
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/

Opera 29
somwhat popular web browser
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)

Pale Moon 25.3.2
open source, efficiency-optimized build of Firefox source code for Windows or Linux
- 32 & 64-bit versions available
http://www.palemoon.org/

PeaZip 5.6.0
open source cross-platform file and archive manager; available as portable app also
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, WIM, XZ, ZIP
- extract 150+ archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, etc.
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip/files/5.6.0/ (5.6.0 downloads)

phpMyAdmin 4.4.4
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Process Hacker 2.34
open source; examine & manipulate running Windows processes & services
http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/

Puppy Linux blog -- Quirky 7.0.4
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 is built from Ubuntu and is intended for full installs
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (news)
http://puppylinux.org/ (PuppyLinux homepage)
http://bkhome.org/news/?viewDetailed=00195 (Quirky blog entry)

Q4OS 1.2.1
Linux distro based on Debian (Stable); Trinity desktop; #28 in popularity
http://q4os.org/

Qt Creator IDE 3.4.0
open source cross-platform IDE for C/C++ and JavaScript
Features: syntax highlighting for many languages, plugins, version control, code completion, function call tips, more
although the IDE encourages using Qt libraries, the choice is not forced
http://download.qt-project.org/official_releases/qtcreator/ (download)

Sabayon 15.05
Gentoo-based, rolling release distro; choice of desktops: GNOME, KDE, MATE or Xfce; #39 in popularity
http://www.sabayon.org/

Ubuntu 15.04
Debian-based Linux distro; Unity desktop; #2 in popularity
- Lubuntu (Ubuntu with LXDE desktop); #15 in popularity
- Xubuntu (Ubuntu with XFCE desktop); #27 in popularity
- Kubuntu (Ubuntu with KDE desktop); #30 in popularity
- UbuntuGNOME (Ubuntu with GNOME desktop); #43 in popularity
- Ubuntu Studio (Ubuntu with Xfce desktop and audio/visual/multimedia extras); #66 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)

WordPress 4.2.1
free, popular, open source website/blog creation using PHP & MySQL w/ many plugins & themes
http://wordpress.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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