Engine Updates

Andscacs 0.871 (UCI)
mp (32 cores max); multi-PV; Win
http://www.andscacs.com/
http://www.andscacs.com/andscacs0871.zip (direct link)

Ethereal 7.60 (UCI)
C source; Win64
https://github.com/AndyGrant/Ethereal (source)
https://github.com/AndyGrant/Ethereal/releases/ (downloads0

Maxima 2.0.0 DC (UCI)
new engine by Hermen Reitsma & Erik van het Hof
C++ source; Win
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4jzbi8te42319wf/qm2-master.7z?dl=0 (direct link)

PyChess 0.12.4 (XB)
Python source; Win, Linux, Mac; requires Python interpreter with '-u' option invoked (to disable i/o buffering)
http://pychess.org/
https://github.com/pychess/pychess/releases (downloads)

SJCE 24-06-16
Strong Java Chess Engines packages
- XB engine changes: added jChecs 0.1.0.1
- UCI engine updates: Bagatur 1.4c, Carballo 1.5 & Krudo 0.15a
https://sourceforge.net/projects/sjce/files/chess_engines_nb-src/

Wasp 1.01 (UCI)
new engine by John Stanback
Win32/64; successor to Zarkov
http://www.amateurschach.de/main/_wasp.htm (Frank's Chess Page)

Chess News

Chess for Android 5.2.3 (XB/UCI)
Aart Bik's free GUI + chess engine for Android
http://aartbik.blogspot.com/ (blog)
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/android.html (homepage and download)

Eagle Mode 0.91.0 Chess GUI (XB)
C++ GUI toolkit and provides a zoomable user interface (ZUI)
- built-in chess widget
http://eaglemode.sourceforge.net/

Chess Programming Blogs

Arasan blog: http://arasanchess.org/blog.shtml

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

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

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

antiX 16
based on Debian (testing), desktops: Fluxbox, IceWM; #25 in popularity
http://antix.mepis.com/

BleachBit 1.11.4
free and open-source disk space cleaner, privacy manager, and computer system optimizer for Linux & Windows
http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net/

Calibre 2.60.0
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/

CDT 9.0.0
open source, fully-featured C/C++ IDE plugin for Eclipse
http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/

Eclipse 4.6
open source extensible IDE framework supporting plugins for almost all programming languages
w/ syntax highlighting, intellisense, code completion, templates, version control, more
http://www.eclipse.org/ (homepage)

Fedora 24
independent Linux distro; all major desktops; #6 in popularity
http://fedoraproject.org/

Google Chrome 51.0.2704.106
popular cross-platform web browser
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/?

ImageMagick 7.0.2-1
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 2.11
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

KaOS 2016.06
independent Linux distro; KDE desktop; #31 in popularity
- this is the monthly update
http://kaosx.us/

LibreCAD 2.1.1
open source, cross-platform 2D CAD app
http://www.librecad.org/

LibreOffice 5.1.4
cross platform, open source office software; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

Linux Kernel 4.6.3
- the Linux kernel has been updated
http://www.kernel.org/

MariaDB 10.0.26 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?)

Pale Moon 26.3.2
open source, efficiency-optimized build of Firefox source code for Windows or Linux
- 32 & 64-bit versions available
http://www.palemoon.org/

Peppermint OS 7
Ubuntu-based distro; LXDE desktop; #40 in popularity
http://peppermintos.com/

PHP 7.0.8
PHP 5.6.23
PHP 5.5.37
PHP is a very popular and practical general-purpose open source scripting language; it is primarily used for web applications
- bufix and security fixes only for older versions
- latest version is PHP 7.0.8
http://php.net/

phpMyAdmin 4.6.3
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Pidgin 2.11.0
open source chat program; works with almost all chat networks
http://www.pidgin.im/ (homepage)
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog (changelog)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/ (download)

Q4OS 1.4.12
Linux distro based on Debian (Stable); Trinity desktop; #46 in popularity
http://q4os.org/

Tor Browser 6.0.2
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 1.9.13 Development
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/1.9 (announcement)

WordPress 4.5.3
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

Engine List: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list

NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org