Monday, February 19, 2007

BOINC 5.8.11 - Donate Idle Computer Time to Science Projects

BOINC 5.8.11 (Windows, Freeware, 8.34MB) is a program that lets you donate your idle computer time to science projects like SETI@home, Climateprediction.net, Rosetta@home, World Community Grid, and many others. After installing BOINC on your computer, you can connect it to as many of these projects as you like.

Also available for Mac OS X and Linux.

Changes:

  • New CPU Scheduler.
  • New Work Fetch Policy.
  • CPU Capability detection.
  • Revamped logging solution.
  • Improved security for POSIX compliant systems (only implemented for the Mac)
  • Add support for file compression on upload.
  • BOINC Simple GUI.
  • Added memory usage limits for BOINC applications. (Check preferences for new settings)

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