I have updated the download link here for the new BOINC version for Linux & Windows. Note that we do not have Mac yet but we hope to have a Mac Intel OS X version up within a month (contact tolu at atm dot ox dot ac dot uk to join the Mac Intel beta test).

Version 5.8.8 should be safe to upgrade to if you are still using the original BBC/CCE/BOINC software from last February (I believe it renames the directory to \"BOINC\" so that this and future upgrades are correct).

Some of the new features (from the BOINC website):

* The BOINC Manager offers two different interfaces: \'Simple\' (small, graphical, skinnable) and \'Advanced\' (maximum information). The Simple GUI allows local editing of preferences. You can switch back and forth between Simple and Advanced.
* CPU throttling: you can reduce CPU heat by limiting the fraction of time that BOINC computes.
* Improved scheduling policies avoid missing job deadlines even on a slow computer with lots of projects.
* You can limit the amount of memory used by BOINC; this lets you compute all the time without losing performance.
* Mac OS X version runs applications in an unpriviledged account, increasing security.
* Snooze button (in the system tray icon) lets you stop computing for one hour.

We recommend that all BOINC users upgrade to 5.8.

Hey Carl, the Linux version is not yet rated as stable.
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php

Hey Carl, the Linux version is not yet rated as stable.
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php

True, however I believe docking@home was the only project that was having problems with it. They have to reset the user stack size to get their app to work and it is causing a conflict.

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