Engine Updates

Arasan 19.0.1 (XB/UCI)
C++ source; own GUI, mp; multiPV; Win32/64, Linux, Mac; can use Nalimov, Gaviota or Syzyzgy egtbs
- tablebase bug fix
http://www.arasanchess.org/

BagaturChess 1.4 (UCI)
Java source; mp; cross-platform jar files + Win32/64; can use Gaviota ebtbs
- "100+ Elo stronger!"
https://sourceforge.net/projects/bagaturchess/files/ (old site)
https://github.com/bagaturchess/Bagatur-Chess-Engine-And-Tools/tree/master/Downloads/Engine (new site)

Claudia 0.5 Beta (UCI)
C source; uses Polyglot books; Win32
- not new, I missed it when it was released (Thanks, Guenther!)
https://github.com/antoniogarro/Claudia/releases

HoiChess 0.17.0 (XB)
C++ source; mp; Linux, Win; variant play
- new Win32/64 builds of current version
http://www.hoicher.de/hoichess/download/build/

Nemeton 1.4 (XB)
Pascal source; mp (4 cores max) Win32
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=17C791428DB77D82!629&authkey=!AAW1U2qivF0aI1E&ithint=file%2crar (direct link)

Phalanx XXV (XB)
C source; Win32
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phalanx/

Sayuri 2016.05.07
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 threads); Linux64, Mac, Win
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases

Soberango 0.04.3 (XB)
Win32
http://www.luisbtenis.com.ar/Soberango/Soberango.html

Chess News

Kvetka 3.27.1 Chess GUI (UCI)
designed for game viewing and analysis; several plug-ins available; available in a portable version
http://kvetka.org/en/

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated PGN, EPD databases: 40H
- modified TXT programs: txtNoBlank
- new/modified TXT program; restored and modified: txtLines
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/40H.html

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Updated Wiki Pages

all updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner

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

GUI Protocol List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

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

Links
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links

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

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

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

Oldies Collection List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:oldies_collection_list

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

PGN Reader/Viewer/Writer List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:pgn_reader_viewer_writer_list

Play Chess Online List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:play_chess_online_list

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

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

Software For Solving Chess Problems / Puzzles / Endgame Studies
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:software_for_solving_chess_problems

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

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. Microsoft won the battle, but lost the war. If I can't trust a company to do an update, how can I trust it at all? All future updates of Windows-only software will no longer be listed here.

4MLinux 18.0
independent Linux distro; JWM desktop; #54 in popularity
http://4mlinux.com/

CoreOS 899.17.0
Linux rolling-release server distro based on Gentoo; command-line interface; #57 in popularity
https://coreos.com/

Drupal 8.1.1
open source PHP-based content management platform for easy website creation
http://drupal.org/home

Feng Office 3.4.2
free web-based open source collaboration platform
management of: project tasks, billing, documents, communication, scheduling, electronic information, etc.
- only the 'Community Edition' is free
http://www.fengoffice.com/web/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengoo/files/fengoffice/ (download)

FileZilla Server 0.9.57
open source, cross-platform ftp server
- most people do not require the server, just the client
http://filezilla-project.org/

Firefox 46.0.1
popular, free, open source browser
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)

Ghostery 6.2 for Firefox
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets on every web page you visit;
"See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
http://www.ghostery.com/download

GParted Live 0.26.0-2 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)

ImageMagick 7.0.1-1
cross-platform, open-source program to manipulate images
- create, edit, compose, or convert images files (200+ formats)
- bmp, png, jpg, gif, tiff, svg, etc.
- resize, flip, mirror, rotate, distort, shear and transform
- adjust image, apply special effects,
- draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses & Bézier curves
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php

Jenkins 2.1
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

LibreOffice 5.0.6
Office suite: word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
- new update to older version
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

Linux Kernel 4.5.3
- the Linux kernel has been updated
http://www.kernel.org/

Neptune 4.5.1
Ubuntu-based Linux distro; KDE destop; #72 in popularity
- distribution formerly known as "ZevenOS "Neptune" "
http://neptuneos.com/en/

Opera 37
somwhat popular web browser
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)

phpMyAdmin 4.6.1
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

PyPy 5.1.1
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)
- "7.48 times faster than Python 2.7.2 (previous version was 7.47 times faster); see:
http://speed.pypy.org/ (speed benchmarks)
http://pypy.org/ (homepage)

ReactOS 0.4.1 RC
independent distro; ReactOS explorer desktop; #33 in popularity
- this distro is not Linux-based
- all files are binary-compatible with Windows
- distro looks and acts like Windows
- distro does *not* contain the new Microsoft spyware aka 'telemetry'
http://www.reactos.org/

Redis 3.2.0 Stable
free, popular, open source database; uses key-value store model
- new distributed implementation (clustering) w/ data sharding & fault tolerance
- experimental support for Windows64
- full support for Linux
http://redis.io/download

Samba 4.4.3
standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix
https://www.samba.org/

Swift 2.2.1
open-source, general-purpose programming language from Apple
- intended to replace/improve Objective-C language
- intended to become cross-platform, but only OSX & Linux are currently supported
- Linux version is incomplete (missing Swift Core Library) and mostly community-supported
https://swift.org/

SystemRescueCD 4.7.2
bootable image for CD or USB stick to rescue data from HD; mount and read data from any disk;
features disk partitioning, LVM manag

VLC Media Player 2.2.3
open source, cross-platform multimedia player (audio/video)
http://www.videolan.org/

WordPress 4.5.2
free, popular, open source website/blog creation using PHP & MySQL w/ many plugins & themes
http://wordpress.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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