Engine Updates

Chenard 2015.06.14 (WB)
C++ source is public domain; uses custom egtbs; Win32/64, Linux; own GUI
- no meaningful change to the engine
- fixed draw detection bug
http://cosinekitty.com/chenard/

Nemeton 1.2 (WB)
Pascal source; Win32
http://1drv.ms/1fexsyT (download link)

Pawny 1.1 (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
http://pawny.netii.net/

Sayuri 2015.06.16 (UCI)
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 threads); Linux64, Win64
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases

Chess News

Lucas Chess 9.05
"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
- contains 36 engines
- also available as a portable build
http://www-lucaschess.rhcloud.com (homepage)

Noomen gambit book for eng-eng matches
- in Chessbase format only
http://www.top-5000.nl/dl/GambitLines.rar (direct link)

STS test suite interface, version 3
- added basic support for Winboard engines
http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=628006&t=56653 (announcement)
http://www.mediafire.com/download/3xyapnh3k8ff326/App_STS_Rating_v3.rar (direct link)

Tarrasch Chess GUI 2.03a (UCI)
C++ source; open source Chess GUI by Bill Forster
http://www.triplehappy.com/ (homepage)
https://github.com/billforsternz/tarrasch-chess-gui (code repository)
http://triplehappy.com/downloads.html (download)

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

Nothing new today

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

7-Zip 15.05 beta
open source, cross-platform file archiver with very good compression
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.7-zip.org

Adblock Plus 1.9 for Chrome, Opera and Safari
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2015.0.6030
free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/free-antivirus-download

Black Lab 2015.6
Linux distro based on Ubuntu (LTS); GNOME, KDE, MATE, Xfce desktops; #38 in popularity
http://www.blacklablinux.org/

BurnAware Free 8.2
CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc-burning software for Windows
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html (info)
http://www.burnaware.com/downloads.html (download)

CrystalDiskInfo 6.5.2
open source, Windows-only hard drive monitoring/warning/alarm system using SMART technology
http://crystalmark.info/?lang=en

DragonFly 4.0.6
a cutting-edge distribution based on FreeBSD 4, enhanced with a high performance
HAMMER journaling filesystem; virtual kernels that are inherently deadlock-free;
desktops: Awesome, Fluxbox, JWM, KDE, Openbox, WMaker, Xfce; #69 in popularity
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/ (homepage)
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/features/ (unique features)
http://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org/iso-images/ (iso download)

HHVM 3.7.2
Facebook's open-source replacement/improvement for PHP
- HHVM programs run much faster than PHP programs
- package includes the Hack programming language, versions 3.7.2
https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/releases

KaOS 2015.06
independent Linux distro; KDE desktop; #25 in popularity
http://kaosx.us/

MongoDB 3.0.4 Stable
free, open source NoSQL database; uses document store model
http://www.mongodb.org/downloads

Manjaro 0.8.13
Arch-based, rolling-release distro; desktops: Openbox, Cinnamon, KDE, MATE, Xfce; #9 in popularity
http://manjaro.org/

Notepad++ 6.7.9
open source programmer's editor (Windows only)
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

PeaZip 5.6.1
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/5.6.1/ (5.6.1 downloads)

PNotes.NET 3.0.1
free, open source Windows reminder program that uses persistent desktop notes
- available in two versions: standard & .NET
- .NET version requires more memory and extra runtimes, but has slightly more features
http://pnotes.sourceforge.net/

PostgreSQL 9.4.4
open source SQL database for high performance and high availability applications
- due to security fixes: "All users should update their PostgreSQL installation at the next opportunity"
http://www.postgresql.org/ (homepage)
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1592/ (announcement)

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Green = Updated
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