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Client version 7.10.2 released
Version 7.10.2 of the BOINC client software has been released. It incorporates many bug fixes; a list of changes is here.
21 May 2018, 18:04:25 UTC · Discuss

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BOINC Workshop 2018
The 2018 BOINC Workshop will be held July 24-27 at the University of Oxford, England.
5 Apr 2018, 0:07:25 UTC · Discuss

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USB-bootable BOINC/Linux image available
PADOLF@home is a bootable image containing the BOINC client and GUI, current GPU drivers, and Debian. Copy it to a 4GB+ flash drive, and run BOINC on any Intel computer (32 or 64 bit).
2 Apr 2018, 20:19:48 UTC · Discuss

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DENIS@home returns
The DENIS@Home project, based at San Jorge University, Zaragoza, Spain, is back online.
21 Mar 2018, 0:42:26 UTC · Discuss

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Einstein@Home pulsar paper published
A paper about Einstein@Home's discovery of a radio-quiet gamma-ray pulsar was published recently in Science Advances.
2 Mar 2018, 9:46:41 UTC · Discuss

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