Engine Updates

Cheese 1.8 (XB/UCI)
multiPV; limit strength; FRC; Linux32/64, Mac, Android, Win32/64
- added FRC support
http://cheesechess.free.fr/en/index.html

Galjoen 0.32.3 (XB/UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64; uses Polyglot books
http://www.goudengaljoen.be/

Komodo 9.4 (UCI)
commercial; mp (64 threads); FRC; multiPV; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac; own GUI (Tarrasch Chess GUI); supports Syzygy egtbs
- Elo gains from 9.3 are estimated at 15 (on 1 core)
http://komodochess.com/

Sjaak II 551 & 573 (XB/UCI)
C source; Linux32/64, Mac32/64, Win32/64; variants
- 573 is a Win64-only release
- 551 is source-code-only
- these downloads may be beta releases
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/download/SjaakII-573.zip (direct link)
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/download/sjaakii-r551-src.tar.gz (direct link)

Chess News

ChessX 1.4.0 GUI (WB/UCI)
PGN database program for Windows32/64, Mac64 & Linux w/ analysis only (not for playing)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chessx/
http://chessx.sourceforge.net/

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- modified PGN program: tagRemove
- modified EPD program; epdList
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/40H.html

Ordo 1.2
calculates relative ratings based on game results
https://github.com/michiguel/Ordo/releases

SCID addons
list compiled by Andreas Paulick
- useful addons for SCID database program
http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=663933&t=59533

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Updated Wiki Pages

all updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner

Macintosh Engine List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:macintosh_engine_list

Mobile Chess List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:mobile_chess_list

Online Databases / Game Collections List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:online_databases_game_collections_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

NOTE: I had an argument with Microsoft. They thought they owned my computer, I thought I did. Microsoft won by cheating, they clobbered my sys admin settings. All future updates of Windows-only software will no longer be listed here.

AdBlock 2.53
Google Chrome extension to block ads, thereby preventing malware infections
- not related to AdBlocck Plus
http://www.getadblock.com/

Alpine 3.3.2
independent Linux distro; XFCE desktop; #58 in popularity
http://www.alpinelinux.org/

FileZilla Client 3.16.1
open source cross-platform ftp client; recommended
http://filezilla-project.org/
https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1 (downloads)

FileZilla Server 0.9.56.1
open source, cross-platform ftp server
- most people do not require the server, just the client
http://filezilla-project.org/

Firefox 45.0.1
popular, free, open source browser
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)

Git 2.7.4
cross-platform, distributed version control system that is free and open source
http://git-scm.com/

Jenkins 1.653
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

Linux Kernel 4.5
- the Linux kernel has been updated
http://www.kernel.org/

Opera 36
somwhat popular web browser
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)

PyPy 5.0.1
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 (PyPy) or 3.2.5 (PyPy3)
- "7.6 times faster than Python 2.7.2 (previous version was 7.7 times faster); see:
http://speed.pypy.org/ (speed benchmarks)
http://pypy.org/ (homepage)

Qt Creator IDE 3.6.1
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)

Qt Libraries 5.6.0
open source, cross-platform windowing system / GUI builder with an extensive C++ library;
the Windows package includes a Visual Studio add-in
http://www.qt.io/qt-framework/ (homepage)
http://download.qt-project.org/official_releases/qt/ (downloads)

SeaMonkey 2.40
open source, all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

Tails 2.2.1
Debian-based Linux32 distro; GNOME desktop; #23 in popularity
distro has the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user
https://tails.boum.org/

Thunderbird 38.7.0
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)

Tor Browser 5.5.4
cross-platform browser that provides some Internet anonymity for the user
- best privacy is achieved using it under Tails operating system
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en
https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html.en

Wine 1.9.6 Development
compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems
- runs on Linux, Mac OSX, BSD, some others
https://www.winehq.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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