1) Message boards : Questions and problems : Why Not Switch to XZ for compression instead of GZ? (Message 51443) Posted 22 Nov 2013 by Michael Post: Some Linux distros have already switched to using xz for compression over gz as it compresses significantly better (Fedora and Arch Linux, for example). If you've ever used 7zip to compress files on Windows, xz is based on lzma that 7zip uses. Compression statistics: http://pokecraft.first-world.info/wiki/Quick_Benchmark:_Gzip_vs_Bzip2_vs_LZMA_vs_XZ_vs_LZ4_vs_LZO It's licensed the same as gz which BOINC uses natively, so why not switch to xz now? Projects like Clean Energy Project have extreme network bandwidth requirements because of the use of gz instead of xz.

2) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Issue on Ubuntu 11.10 x64 (Message 41116) Posted 11 Nov 2011 by Michael Post: Latest version client of course. The issue is that, randomly, for an unknown reason, the BOINC Manager client simply freezes, then if minimized and reopened it is completely white. Opening top reports that it is using 100% CPU usage on one core, then if killed and reopened it continues as it was. The only fix I have found is a reboot. Is there any idea what causes this?

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