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Subject: Re: chess and unix systems ie. freebsd, linux

Author: Roman Hartmann

Date: 13:26:05 04/18/05

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On April 18, 2005 at 15:23:39, Tom Likens wrote:

>Anyway, to answer your general question I believe (although this is 2nd
>hand information) that Ruffian 2.x was ported to Linux.  It's included on
>the CD when you buy the windows version.  If true, and if you can get it
>up and running, I'm guessing it will satisfy your Linux chess computer itch.
>If not, then there are a number of very strong amateur engines (Fruit,
>Gothmog, etc.) which should fit the bill nicely.
>
>Good luck!
>
>regards,
>--tom

Ruffian 2.0.2 and 2.1.0 run just fine under Linux, I can confirm that. You can
get Ruffian either on a CD or buy and dl from Lokasoft (there is a mac version
included as well, btw).

Roman



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