Engine Updates

Acqua 20160614 (UCI)
Win
http://www.g-sei.org/acqua/ (G-Sei)
http://www.elektrosoft.it/scacchi/acqua/acqua.asp (homepage)

Andscacs 0.87 (UCI)
mp (32 cores max); multi-PV; Win
http://www.andscacs.com/

BagaturChess 1.4c (UCI)
Java source; mp; cross-platform jar files + Win; can use Gaviota ebtbs
https://github.com/bagaturchess/Bagatur-Chess-Engine-And-Tools/tree/master/Downloads/Engine
https://sourceforge.net/projects/bagaturchess/files/BagaturEngine/ (download)

CyberPagno 3.0 (XB)
Win
http://www.g-sei.org/cyberpagno/ (G-Sei)
http://cyberpagno.altervista.org/index.htm (homepage)

Embla 0.9.2 (UCI)
mp (INT_MAX cores); supports Syzygy ebtbs; Linux, Win
http://www.vanheusden.com/Embla/

Ethereal 7.52 (UCI)
C source; Win64
https://github.com/AndyGrant/Ethereal

Floyd 0.8.1 (UCI)
C source; Linux, Mac, Win; support for Polyglot opening books
- fix UCI hangup bug under PicoChess/python-chess
https://marcelk.net/floyd/

Pawny 1.2 (UCI)
C source; Linux, Win
- revisited king safety
- revisited extensions and reductions (only check extension in use now)
- improved time control
http://pawny.netii.net/

Sayuri 2016.06.19 (UCI)
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 threads); Linux, Mac, Win
https://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases

SJCE 16-06-16
Strong Java Chess Engines packages
- no noted changes
https://sourceforge.net/projects/sjce/files/chess_engines_nb-src/

Soberango 0.06.2 (XB)
Win
http://www.luisbtenis.com.ar/Soberango/Soberango.html

Vajolet2 2.2 (UCI)
C++ source; mp (8 cores max); multiPV; Win
https://github.com/elcabesa/vajolet (source)
https://sites.google.com/site/vajoletchessengine (download)

Zarkov 6.55 (XB)
Win
- old commercial engine is now free
http://www.amateurschach.de/main/_download.htm (Frank's Chess Page)

Chess News

Jerry Chess GUI 3.03 (UCI)
cross-platform Chess GUI for UCI, writtern in Python
https://github.com/asdfjkl/jerry (source)
https://github.com/asdfjkl/jerry/releases (download)

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- consolidated TXT program; txtRepeat and txtSingle merged into txtNoRepeat
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/40H.html

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Updated Wiki Pages

all updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner

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

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

Advisory:

- 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. I thought I owned my computer, they thought they 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.

ActivePerl Community Edition
- Perl 5.24.0.2400
http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads

Adobe Flash Player 22.0.0.192
free cross-platform flash video player for browsers
- Flash is in undisputed first-place as the most common avenue of infection
- Adobe bundles unwanted 3rd party crapware, beware!
- this release fixes a dangerous zero-day vulnerability
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Antergos 2016.06.18
Arch-based Linux distro; GNOME, Cinnamon, Razor-qt & Xfce desktops; #21 in popularity
- this is a monthly snapshot of a rolling-release distro
http://www.antergos.com/

Calibre 2.59.0
cross-platform open source ebook manager supporting all popular ebook readers
with format conversion, news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

Cassandra 3.7 tick-tock
free, popular, open source, distributed NoSQL database; uses wide column store model
http://cassandra.apache.org/download/

D Programming Language 2.071.0
popular cross-platform, open-source, static, C-like systems programming language
- intended as a safer, practical, improved form of C++
- classes, overloading, closures, functional, templates, associative arrays, productive, etc.
http://dlang.org/

Drupal 8.1.3
open source PHP-based content management platform for easy website creation
http://drupal.org/home

Ghostery 6.3.0 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

Git 2.9.0
cross-platform, distributed version control system that is free and open source
http://git-scm.com/

Google Chrome 51.0.2704.103
popular cross-platform web browser
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/?

GParted 0.26.1-1 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)

Jenkins 2.10
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

Komodo Edit 10.0.1
free cross-platform programmer's editor for JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl
http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit/downloads

MariaDB 5.5.50 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?)

Meld 3.16.1
open-source visual file/folder difference and merge program for Linux, Mac & Win
- compare files, directories, and version controlled projects
- two- and three-way comparison of both files and directories
- edit files in-place and on-the-fly
- source code syntax highlighting
- built-in regex text filtering to ignore uninteresting differences
http://meldmerge.org/

PeaZip 6.0.3
open source cross-platform file and archive manager; available as portable app also
- this is an important security bugfix release
- 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/6.0.3/ (6.0.3 downloads)

PyPy2.7 v5.3.1
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)
- "7.56 times faster than Python 2.7.2 (previous version was 7.57 times faster); see:
http://speed.pypy.org/ (speed benchmarks)
http://pypy.org/ (homepage)

Python 2.7.12
Python 3.5.2
Python 3.4.5
popular general-purpose, open source programming language
- these are maintenance releases (bug fixes & stability fixes, & security fixes)
https://www.python.org/ (homepage)
https://www.python.org/downloads/ (downloads)

Qt libraries 5.7.0
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)

Redis 3.2.1 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

RingoJS 0.12.0
JavaScript runtime written in Java, based on Mozilla Rhino
http://ringojs.org/

Rockstor 3.8-14
Fedora-based Linux distro; specialty distro; #91 in popularity
- designed for NAS storage
http://rockstor.com/

Solus 1.2
Independent Linux distro; Budgie desktop; #26 in popularity
https://solus-project.com/

Vala/Genie 0.32.1 Stable
object-oriented system programming language that runs at the speed of C/C++
Vala syntax resembles C# and Genie syntax resembles Python
the common language compiler outputs OO C code using the GObject library
not yet at version 1.0, but some large apps are written in Vala/Genie
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala info)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie info)

VirtualBox 5.0.22
open source, general-purpose, full virtualizer for x86 and AMD64/Intel64 hardware
runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris as host
install one or more guest operating systems onto the same computer
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes (list of guest operating systems)
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog (changelog)
http://www.virtualbox.org/ (homepage)

Wine 1.8.3 Stable
a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems
such as Linux, Mac OSX, & BSD
https://www.winehq.org/ (homepage)
https://www.winehq.org/announce/1.8 (announcement)
Meaning of Colors

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

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