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.

AdBlock 3.1
Google Chrome extension to block ads, thereby preventing malware infections
- not related to AdBlocck Plus
http://www.getadblock.com/

Arch 2016.08.01
independent, rolling-release Linux distro; all desktops; #10 in popularity
- this is the monthly release
http://www.archlinux.org/

Asterisk 13.10.0
open source framework for building intelligent phone systems & communications applications
- this is an update to the LTS version
http://www.asterisk.org/

Atom 1.9.3
open source web-based programming editor/IDE runs as a desktop app
- lots of plugins and extensions, and language bindings
https://atom.io/

Calibre 2.63.0
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/

CMake 3.6.1
cross-platform, open-source build system for C/C++
https://cmake.org/

Curl 7.50.1
cross-platform, open-source tool & library to access URLs using all major protocols
https://curl.haxx.se/

DragonFly 4.6.0
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; #67 in popularity
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/ (homepage)
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/features/ (unique features)
http://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org/iso-images/ (iso download)

Drupal 8.1.8
open source PHP-based content management platform for easy website creation
http://drupal.org/home

ExTiX 16.4
Ubuntu-based Linux distro; KDE & LXQt desktops; #92 in popularity
http://www.extix.se/

FileZilla Client 3.20.1
open source cross-platform ftp client; recommended
http://filezilla-project.org/
https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1 (downloads)

Firefox 48.0
popular, free, open source browser
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)

Freeplane 1.5.13
free, cross-platform, open source, free-form note taking w/optional hierarchical ordering, calendar and reminders
- requires Java
http://www.freeplane.org/

GCC 4.9.4
open source C/C++ compiler for Linux
includes front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, Ada, and Go, as well as libraries for these languages
- security/stability fixes, optimization improvements, & improved C11/C++1y compatibility for older versions
- latest version is GCC 6.1.0
http://gcc.gnu.org/ (homepage)
https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.9/changes.html (4.9.x changes)

Go Programming Language 1.6.3
statically-typed, compiled, simple C-like language with type inference and more
http://golang.org/

Gosu 1.14.1
a Java-like programming language for the jvm featuring: OO, closures, inference, simplified generics, etc.
http://gosu-lang.org/

Google Chrome 52.0.2743.116
popular cross-platform web browser
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/?

GParted Live 0.26.1-5 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)

HHVM 3.14.4
Facebook's open-source replacement/improvement of the PHP programming language
- HHVM programs run much faster than PHP programs
- package includes the Hack programming language, version 3.14.4
https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/releases

ImageMagick 7.0.2-6
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 2.16
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

LibreOffice 5.2.0
LibreOffice 5.1.5
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

MariaDB 10.1.16 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
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features)

Linux Kernel 4.6.5
- the Linux kernel has been updated
http://www.kernel.org/

LXLE 16.04.1
Linux distro based on Lubuntu; LXDE desktop; #17 in popularity
http://lxle.net/

Meld 3.16.2
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/

Mercurial 3.9
free, cross-platform, open-source distributed version control management tool
https://www.mercurial-scm.org/

MongoDB 3.3.10
free, open source NoSQL database; uses document store model
http://www.mongodb.org/downloads

MyLittleForum 2.3.6.1
open source PHP forum software; supports threaded and flat view
http://mylittleforum.net/ (homepage)
https://github.com/ilosuna/mylittleforum/releases (download + changelog)

MySQL Community Server 5.7.14
free (Community Server Edition only!), cross-platform, very popular open source SQL database
- slowly losing popularity to MariaDB, a fully open-source, work-alike, drop-in competitor with more features
http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ (download)

PeaZip 6.1.0
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/6.1.0/ (6.1.0 downloads)

PHP 7.0.9
PHP 5.5.38
PHP 5.6.24
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 7.0.9
http://php.net/

PMD 5.5.1
source code analyser for Java, JavaScript, Salesforce.com Apex, PLSQL, Apache Velocity, XML & XSL
finds duplicated code in Java, C, C++, C#, PHP, Ruby, Fortran, JavaScript, PLSQL, Apache Velocity, Ruby, Scala, Objective C, Matlab, Python, Go, Swift, & Salesforce.com Apex
- plugins available for IDEs: Eclipse, NetBeans, JBuilder, JDeveloper, & IntelliJ IDE
- requires Java runtime
https://pmd.github.io/

Redis 3.2.3 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

ROSA R8
Mandriva-based Linux distro: GNOME & KDE desktops; #46 in popularity
- update for the 'R' series with KDE desktop
http://www.rosalinux.com/

Simplicity 16.07
Puppy-based Linux distro; KDE & LXDE desktops; #28 in popularity
- this is a good distro for old, slow machines
http://simplicitylinux.org/

Tails 2.5
Debian-based Linux32 distro; GNOME desktop; #25 in popularity
distro has the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user
- Tails is your protection against government/ISP overreach into your privacy
https://tails.boum.org/

Tcl 8.6.6
rapid development scripting language, often paired with TK GUI toolset
http://www.tcl.tk/

Tor Browser 6.0.3
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

VirtualBox 5.1.2
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)

Voyager 16.04.1
Linux distro based on Debian Stable (Xubuntu); XFCE desktop; #55 in popularity
http://voyagerlive.org/

Wine 1.9.15 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/

Wireshark 2.0.5 Stable
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
http://www.wireshark.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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