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Chess News

Jim Ablett Android compiles
- GreKo 12.6 JA (UCI/WB)
- Maverick 1.0 JA (UCI) -- recompiled
http://jimablett.net63.net/compiles.html

Chess Programming Blogs

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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

Calibre 2.27.0
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/

Foxit Reader 7.1.5.0425
free Windows pdf viewer
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/

Git 2.4.0
cross-platform, distributed version control system that is free and open source
http://git-scm.com/

Google Chrome 42.0
popular cross-platform web browser
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/?

HWiNFO32/HWiNFO64 4.62
free system hardware information tool for Windows: system health monitoring, and benchmarks
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download 32-bit)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download64.html (download 64-bit)

MariaDB 5.5.43 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)

MinGW (32/64-bit) Distro 13.0
open source, cutting-edge distribution for Windows
- distro update: GCC 5.1.0 and Boost 1.58.0
http://nuwen.net/mingw.html

MongoDB 3.0.2 Production Release
free, open source NoSQL database; uses document store model
http://www.mongodb.org/downloads

Mono 4.0.0
.NET Framework-compatible set of tools; fully Ecma standard-compliant implementation
includes a C# compiler, a Common Language Runtime and much more
able to run Microsoft .NET applications cross-platform (Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, others)
- latest version incorporates recent Microsoft open-source code
- supports C# 6.0 and .NET 4.5 spec
http://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/releases/4.0.0/ (release notes)
http://www.mono-project.com/

Nim programming language 0.11.0
cross-platform, statically typed, imperative/object-oriented, natively compiled programming language
with overloaded functions/operators, iterators, exceptions, generics, closures, templates, macros
GC support for multi-core programming
- language was formerly known as Nimrod
- syntax resembles Python or Ruby
- runtime efficiency of C
- single inheritance only
- can use type inference to deduce types
http://nim-lang.org/news.html#Z2015-04-30-version-0-11-0-released (release notes)
http://nim-lang.org/index.html

OpenBSD 5.7
independent distro based on BSD; desktops: almost all of them; #85 in popularity
http://www.openbsd.org/

Python Tools for Visual Studio 2.2, RC 1
free, open source Python IDE plugin supporting CPython and IronPython; NumPy & SciPy support;
parallel & clustering support; debugging; profiling; more
- this is a *release candidate*
http://pytools.codeplex.com/

Simplicity 15.4
Puppy-based Linux distro; KDE & LXDE desktops; #21 in popularity
- this is a good distro for old, slow machines
http://simplicitylinux.org/

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