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PyChess
''PyChess'' is a free software chess client developed for GNU. It allows users to play offline or online via the Free Internet Chess Server (FICS). PyChess also incorporates a built-in chess engine, which in contrast to most other chess AIs is written in the Python language and focuses more on fun of play than raw strength. For more advanced users, PyChess allows for virtually any other external chess engine to be used with it. History Development on PyChess was started by Thomas Dybdahl Ahle in 2006, and the first public release was sent out later that year. The release contained the bare minimum of features to play a game of chess, and was backed only by the GNU Chess engine. In the end of 2006, PyChess was close to become a part of GNOME Games, which were holding a usage survey of aspiring new games to include in the suite. Being nearly just started at the time, it lost to the more established glChess, which managed to fix its hardware accelerating dependency before the en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Trophées Du Libre
The ''Les Trophées du Libre'' contest was a free software contest whose goal was to promote innovative software projects by giving those projects recognition and media coverage as well as rewarding participating students and academic institutions with special prizes. Details The competition was international and it was intended both to free development professionals and amateurs. Participating projects could apply for seven categories: Security, Games, Multimedia, Business Management, Education, Science applications and administration and communities. The first edition (2003) had 113 applying projects from 18 different countries. The president for the 2009 edition was Pierre Spilleboudt. The jury was composed of about 30 experts. The ''Trophées du Libres fifth award ceremony took place in June 2009. Results 1st edition – 2003 * Gcompris in the category of "Educational" * Koha in the category "Public Organizations" * GOK in the category of "Accessibility" * Dolibarr in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PyGTK
PyGTK is a set of Python wrappers for the GTK graphical user interface library. PyGTK is free software and licensed under the LGPL. It is analogous to PyQt/PySide and wxPython, the Python wrappers for Qt and wxWidgets, respectively. Its original author is GNOME developer James Henstridge. There are six people in the core development team, with various other people who have submitted patches and bug reports. PyGTK has been selected as the environment of choice for applications running on One Laptop Per Child systems. PyGTK will be phased out with the transition to GTK version 3 and be replaced with PyGObject, which uses GObject Introspection to generate bindings for Python and other languages on the fly. This is expected to eliminate the delay between GTK updates and corresponding language binding updates, as well as reduce maintenance burden on the developers. Syntax The Python code below will produce a 200x200 pixel window with the words "Hello World" inside. import gtk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freechess
The Free Internet Chess Server (FICS) is a volunteer-run Internet chess server. It was organised as a free alternative to the Internet Chess Club (ICC), after that site began charging for membership. History The first Internet chess server, named the Internet Chess Server (ICS), started in January 1992. The software was coded, supported, and operated by volunteers until 1995, when administrators began charging players for membership and changed the name to Internet Chess Club, ICC. Several former ICS programmers saw the commercialisation of ICS as an exploitation of their work. This group, led by Chris Petroff and Henrik Gram, developed FICS as an alternative to the paid model, giving users free, unrestricted access. The server debuted on . In 1998, the Free Internet Chess Organization (FICS) was organized as a nonprofit organization. In 2007, the legal entity was involuntarily dissolved. The server is still maintained and administered by volunteers. In 2016, 50,000 active pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
