Linux has now been released to the public. ----- Rom
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rom Walton Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 2:42 PM To: [email protected] Cc: BOINC dev; BOINC Projects; Boinc Subject: [boinc_alpha] BOINC 6.10.36 released to public for Windows,Windows x64, and Mac OSX The BOINC Project with the generous help of the alpha testers is pleased to announce that 6.10.36 is now the recommended version of the BOINC client software. Some of the changes for this release are: * New: Updated localization files * New: Added accessibility support for advanced view (Mac) * New: Added support for parsing username and password information from environment variables * New: Added ability to ignore specific GPU cards through the use of ignore device through the use of a configuration file option * New: Added ability to suspend BOINC's use of GPUs when certain applications are run through the use of a configuration file option * New: Allow new screen saver options to be configured via the OS specific configuration screen * New: Snooze GPU option off of the system tray menu * New: Adjust GPU activity settings via the advanced view activity menu * New: Added ability for a project to be specified as a "Backup Project" by setting its resource share to 0 * New: Suspend computation of BOINC applications if CPU usage from non-BOINC applications exceeds a volunteer defined value (Defaults to 25%) * New: Support detecting SSE2, SSE3, and other forms of advanced instruction sets for older Windows machines (Windows) * Fix: Numerous CPU/GPU scheduling fixes * Fix: Numerous work-fetch fixes * Fix: Mac Installer for non-admin installs * Fix: Recover from crashes in Nvidia and ATI GPU functions (Linux, Mac) * Fix: Reap child processes spawned from a wrapper on POSIX systems (Linix, Mac) * Fix: If a project supports ATI or Nvidia projects, display their icons in the project list * Fix: Show most commonly used preferences in use during startup via messages. Special thanks to the alpha testers and all the volunteers who help ferret out the bugs and provide continuous feedback making BOINC better with each release. ----- Rom BOINC Project Developer/Release Manager _______________________________________________ boinc_alpha mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_alpha To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
