Engine Updates

Donna 3.1 (UCI)
Go source; Win32/64, Linux64, & Mac64; support for Polyglot opening books
https://github.com/michaeldv/donna (source)
http://donnachess.github.io/ (download)

GnuCheese 1.0 (WB/UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac64; supports Gaviota tablebases
- engine formerly known as GnuChess5
- this engine seems weaker than previous version
http://hardy.uhasselt.be/GnuCheese/

GnuChess6 6.2.2 (WB/UCI)
C++ source
- builds for Mac & Linux
http://www.gnu.org/software/chess/ (homepage)
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (Mac & Linux builds)

GullChess 3 0.2BF (UCI)
C++ source; mp; multiPV; Win32/64; test version supports Syzygy egtbs
- new Linux port by Basil Falcinelli
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gullchess/ (homepage)
https://github.com/basil00/Gull/releases (Linux downloads)

Laser 0.2 (UCI)
C++ source; Win64
- "roughly 2600 Elo" 200-250 Elo improvement
https://github.com/jeffreyan11/uci-chess-engine/releases

Maverick 1.5 (UCI)
C++ source; FRC; Win32/64, Linux32
- "about +50 Elo better ... (based on self play)"
http://www.chessprogramming.net/

Mini Rodent 1.0 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64
- "~2700-2730 Elo"
- engine also known as Rodent II
- simplified version of Rodent intended as a didactic engine, not for tournaments
https://github.com/nescitus/Rodent_II/blob/master/Mini%20Rodent%201.0.zip (direct link)

Pedone 1.3 (UCI)
- silent update, version number unchanged
- fixes engine to run under Shredder Classic GUI
http://www.g-sei.org/pedone/
https://sites.google.com/site/pedonechess/downloads/

PyChess 0.12.1 (WB)
Python source; Win, Linux, Mac; requires Python interpreter with '-u' option invoked (to disable i/o buffering)
- versions available for Python 2 or 3
http://pychess.org/

Satana 2.1.14 (WB)
Win32/64
- bugfix release
http://www.g-sei.org/satana/ (G-Sei)
http://www.linformatica.com/index-scacchi.php (homepage)

Sayuri 2015.10.26 (UCI)
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 threads); Linux64, Win64, Mac
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri

Chess News

Cutechess-cli 0.8.0, Beta 2 (WB/UCI)
an open-source, cross-platform commandline interface to run engine-engine games
Win32, Linux64
- added support for engine pondering
https://github.com/cutechess/cutechess
https://github.com/cutechess/cutechess/releases (official source code downloads)
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ilaripih/bin/cutechess-cli-0.8.0b2-linux64.tar.gz (Linux64)
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ilaripih/bin/cutechess-cli-0.8.0b2-win32.zip (Win32)

FACE Tiurnament
- Ed15 PlayOff to Division 2
http://computer-chess.org/forum/index.php?mode=thread&id=3051#p3058

Xboard OSX 4.8 Chess GUI
XBoard modified to run on Mac by Josh Pettus
http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=53274&sid=3b1ce21e136ac9842dc7e3c09f110bd2

Chess Programming Blogs

Tarrasch Chess GUI: http://triplehappy.wordpress.com/

Updated Wiki Pages

Linux Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_engine_list

SMP Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:smp_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

ActivePython Community Edition
free cross-platform Python distribution including the most popular Python libraries
- Python 3.4.3.2
http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads

Adobe Shockwave Player 12.2.1.171
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)

Ares Galaxy 2.3.6
open source BitTorrent and chat client w/ built-in multi-media player
http://aresgalaxy.sourceforge.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/aresgalaxy/files/aresgalaxy/ (download)

Autoruns 13.50
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

CCleaner 5.11
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/2015/10/26/ccleaner-v511 (announcement)

Glary Utilities 5.37.0.57
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security for Windows
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html

GParted 0.24.0-2 Stable
open source Gnome Partition Editor - resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)

Greenshot 1.2.8.1 Unstable
free, open source screenshot capture program for Windows
- this is a *beta* release
http://getgreenshot.org/

Jenkins 1.635
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

Linux Kernel 4.2.5
- the Linux kernel has been updated
http://www.kernel.org/

MariaDB 10.0.22 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
- 5.x version stays in sync with MySQL 5.x; version 10 is an improved version of it
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/10.0.22/ (MariaDB 10.0.22 page)

Nim programming language 0.12.0
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 (release notes)
http://nim-lang.org/index.html

Notepad++ 6.8.6
open source programmer's editor (Windows only)
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Opera 33
open source web browser; popular browser for tablets and phones
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)

PDFCreator 2.2.0
free open-source Windows tool to create PDF files from nearly any application
http://www.pdfforge.org/

phpMyAdmin 4.5.1
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

PyPy2 4.0.0
cross-platform, open source Python implementation; choose JIT (default), no JIT, stackless, or sandboxed;
also available: back ends for .NET and Java (see: 'Features' page);
other languages that run in the JIT: Prolog (incomplete), Smalltalk, JavaScript, Io, Scheme and Gameboy
for Win32, Linux 32/64, Mac64, & ARM
- syntax-compatible with Python 2.7.10 (PyPy2) or 3.2.5 (PyPy3)
- "6.94 times faster than Python 2.7.2 (last version was 7.05 times faster); see:
http://speed.pypy.org/ (speed benchmarks)
http://pypy.org/ (homepage)

Sabayon 15.11
Gentoo-based, rolling release distro; choice of desktops: GNOME, KDE, MATE or Xfce; #31 in popularity
- this is the monthly release
http://www.sabayon.org/

Simplicity 15.10
Puppy-based Linux distro; KDE & LXDE desktops; #19 in popularity
- this is a good distro for old, slow machines
http://simplicitylinux.org/

Slimjet 5.0.13.0
free, cross-platform browser based on open source Chromium browser
http://www.slimbrowser.net/

Sumatra PDF 3.1
free, open-source minimalistic PDF/mobi/chm/djvu/cbr reader for Windows; it is a portable app
http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-pdf-reader.html

SystemRescueCd 4.6.1
bootable image for CD or USB stick to rescue data from HD; mount and read data from any disk;
features disk partitioning, LVM manag

ToDoList 7.0.7
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-An-effective-and-flexible-way-to-keep-o (info + download)

WinPython 2.7.10.3
WinPython 3.4.3.6
open-source portable distribution of Python for Windows32/64
allows use of different Python versions that are fully isolated from each other
WinPython is the easiest way of getting Spyder IDE working on Win32/64
NumPy, SciPy and Matplot are also included
- this is a large file to download (more than 200 MB)
http://winpython.github.io/

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