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NeoGen
11-02-2005, 07:21 AM
I can't believe my eyes.... :shock: :shock:
It isn't april's fools today, is it?

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=4224


We are pleased to announce that starting November 1, 2005, World Community Grid has a Linux client available.

The Linux client is available to World Community Grid members via the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) platform. After much research, we found BOINC to be to best and most economically feasible solution for World Community Grid. For more information about BOINC, please see the Linux section of Help on our website.

To participate in the Linux program, go to the Join Now. From there, you will be directed to select either the Windows client or the Linux client. Once you select the Linux client, simply follow the instructions on your screen.

If you have any questions about Linux, there are four ways to get answers:
1. Review the Linux section of Help.
2. Go to the BOINC/Linux forum and review the Linux questions that others have posted.
3. Go to the BOINC/Linux forum and enter you own question and wait for a response.
4. Send an email to the support desk via the contact us feature.

We hope that you will enjoy using the Linux client. And thank you again for participating in World Community Grid!

AMDave
11-02-2005, 07:44 AM
hahaha. The penguin wins again.

You need only look as far as the #1 Team's statement to see how this came about.

The petition has been long and arduous...but totally decisive.

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/viewTeamInfo.do?teamId=855RSMBR9N1

Calling all Slashdot supporters! Let's use our combined computing power to overwhelm and help find some cures! (and in the process, bug IBM to release a Linux version of the software!)

AMDave
11-02-2005, 07:57 AM
...Interesting. They have lined the client up with BOINC ver 5.2.6


If you already have a normal WCG account,
log in,
goto
https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/ms/viewDownload.do
download the BOINC software
then you will get a "Thank you" web page which shows you the BOINC project URL and your Account Key.

Play safe but play hard ! :D