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SETI@Home Transitions To BOINC

Posted by timothy on from the get-your-mind-out-of-the-stellar dept.

SeaDour writes "The team at SETI@Home have finally released their highly-anticipated new client software based on the BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) software platform. This new platform promises transparent version upgrades, more efficient work unit distribution, and the ability to seamlessly integrate other distributed computing projects that are also using the BOINC standard. For now, SETI@Home is allowing both the Classic and BOINC clients to run, but eventually they will shut down the Classic data server and force everyone to upgrade. You can read more about the transition here."

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  1. Hmm by Ag3nt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Personally I don't know much about BOINC, I will have to read up on it, but it will be interesting to see how the transition goes.

  2. Porno distributed computing by coinreturn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Boink!