Engine Updates

Daniel Jose Win32/64 builds
Crabby 2.0.0 DJ (UCI)
Rust source; Win32/64
https://github.com/Johnson-A/Crabby (project)
https://github.com/Johnson-A/Crabby/releases (source)
http://www.andscacs.com/crabby/crabby2.zip (direct link)

Embla 0.7 (UCI)
Win64, Linux64
http://www.vanheusden.com/Embla/

Chess News

Nothing new today

Chess Programming Blogs

iCE blog: http://macechess.blogspot.de/2015/12/opening-book-struggle.html

Updated Wiki Pages

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

DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1
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; #60 in popularity
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/ (homepage)
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/features/ (unique features)
http://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org/iso-images/ (iso download)

Glary Utilities 5.40.0.60
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security for Windows
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html

Jenkins 1.640
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

MySQL Community Server 5.7.10
free (Community Server Edition only!), cross-platform, very popular open source SQL database
- slowly losing popularity to MariaDB, a work-alike, drop-in competitor with more features
http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ (download)

PC-BSD 11.0-DEC-2015
x64-only, BSD-based Linux distro; KDE (default), Awesome, Cinnamon, Fluxbox, FVWM, GNOME, i3, IceWM, LXDE, MATE, Openbox, WMaker & Xfce desktops; #52 in popularity
http://www.pcbsd.org/

Slimjet 6.0.6.0
free, cross-platform browser based on open source Chromium browser
http://www.slimbrowser.net/

XAMPP 5.6.15-1
XAMPP 5.5.30-6
cross-platform, open source web-server (Apache), SQL database (MySQL) w/ admin, PHP, ftp server, Tomcat, & more
- this is probably the easiest way to install a working, web-aware PHP into Windows
- it is also easy to add web apps like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, SugarCRM, phpBB, DokuWiki, etc.
- version numbering reflect the PHP version that is supported
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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