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Chest for Linux
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 7:29 pm
by Canoike
Hello,
I found the source code of Chest 3.19 and successfully compiled it for my xubuntu PC. It is old. So is there something newer for Linux ? Maybe a UCI version instead of a command line one...
Thank you.
Re: Chest for Linux
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 8:26 pm
by Look
I suspect Stockfish would
run on Linux. Unfortunately no featured Chess GUI exist for Linux AFAIK.
Re: Chest for Linux
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 9:19 pm
by zullil
Canoike wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2019 7:29 pm
Hello,
I found the source code of Chest 3.19 and successfully compiled it for my xubuntu PC. It is old. So is there something newer for Linux ? Maybe a UCI version instead of a command line one...
Thank you.
There's ChestUCI_V52 at
https://fhub.jimdo.com/, but I believe the source code is private and only Windows executables are provided. I suppose you could try running it under Wine on Linux.
Re: Chest for Linux
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 9:29 pm
by mar
Look wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2019 8:26 pm
I suspect Stockfish would
run on Linux. Unfortunately no featured Chess GUI exist for Linux AFAIK.
xboard works very well on Linux, of course
Re: Chest for Linux
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:09 pm
by zullil
mar wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2019 9:29 pm
Look wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2019 8:26 pm
I suspect Stockfish would
run on Linux. Unfortunately no featured Chess GUI exist for Linux AFAIK.
xboard works very well on Linux, of course
As does Cute Chess, as far as I can tell.
Re: Chest for Linux
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:59 pm
by Canoike
zullil wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2019 9:19 pm
Canoike wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2019 7:29 pm
Hello,
I found the source code of Chest 3.19 and successfully compiled it for my xubuntu PC. It is old. So is there something newer for Linux ? Maybe a UCI version instead of a command line one...
Thank you.
There's ChestUCI_V52 at
https://fhub.jimdo.com/, but I believe the source code is private and only Windows executables are provided. I suppose you could try running it under Wine on Linux.
Thanks zullil. I had already found this link you mention. Wine is evil
As I have a multi boot PC, I largely prefer using linux to "feel the power" of my softwares. Well, I'll do with it.
Re: Chest for Linux
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 5:48 am
by Dann Corbit
Arena runs on Linux
Shredder GUI runs on Linux
I guess that there are a lot more besides those already mentioned
Re: Chest for Linux
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 1:08 pm
by Look
Dann Corbit wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 5:48 am
Arena runs on Linux
Shredder GUI runs on Linux
I guess that there are a lot more besides those already mentioned
There could be many. But I tried Arena GUI in windows and it has some delay and other problems. Shredder GUI is old. And so on. What GUI I want on linux ? A GUI with many features like ChessBase GUI in windows with :
- Ability to install any UCI engine.
- Many types of board and pieces displayed.
Re: Chest for Linux
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 5:07 pm
by hgm
Well, XBoard does most of that. Except the mega database; the database and game search functions would get a bit slow above 40k games. To handle larger databases there is SCID.
Re: Chest for Linux
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 5:18 pm
by Look
hgm wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 5:07 pm
Well, XBoard does most of that. Except the mega database; the database and game search functions would get a bit slow above 40k games. To handle larger databases there is SCID.
As a training tool I would add :
- Advanced replay training. Like that featured in ChessBase 15 and even better.