BOINC is a platform for volunteer computing. Scientists at universities around the world use it to process computationally intensive datasets (sky surveys, protein folding, etc) for FREE using the computers of volunteers. Volunteers get to contribute to cutting-edge research and put their hardware to good use. This is a major upgrade and improves packaging for Linux users. Relevant lemmy community !boinc@sopuli.xyz
cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/13369741
cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/13369735
Release Notes: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/wiki/Client-release-notes#changes-in-802
Download page: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php
Report issues: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/issues/new/choose
This is a major release that introduced a new type of applications called 'Sporadic applications'.
Details are described here: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/wiki/Sporadic-Applications
For Android users this release should be also available soon on F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/edu.berkeley.boinc/
For Linux users on Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE, currently this release is in 'alpha' channel. Soon will be available in 'stable' channel as well.
Installation instructions: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/linux_install.php
Do people really run BOINC on Android ?
Yeah. Some can be setup pretty well for it. It's more efficient compute-per-watt than any desktop or laptop computer. Just take caution w the battery, obviously. I wouldn't suggest running it on any android unless the battery is removable or you're ready to sacrifice that device to BOINC.
Makes a good hand warmer in winter I guess.