Stretch and Stretch Lite are now available for the Rpi from the foundation. A link to the Raspbian download page is here
They recommend you reinstall it but if you feel inclined you can also update your /etc/apt/sources.list and do a dist-upgrade. See the instructions on the Rpi download page for details. That also means you can all "upgrade" to the 7.6.33 BOINC client, just as they start testing 7.8
The BOINC 7.8.1 client has just arrived in Debian testing (https://packages.qa.debian.org/b/boinc.html, thanks, Gianfranco!) . While this is too late for the release that is already out, I am just finishing my first E@H units on a backport of 7.8.1 to that "Stretch" release. That laptop is a bit slower, bear with me. If everything is fine tonight, then I will immediately upload a BOINC 7.8.1 package to backports.debian.org. Instructions how to install from there will follow once the backport was accepted.
That said, I propose to just use 7.6.33 since that is just doing its job and to the best of my knowledge has no negative effect on the performance of the scientific app.
The 7.8.1 backport of the BOINC client has now been accepted. Users of Debian Stretch, the current stable release of Debian, can use it rightaway. Instruction on https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ say one should add the line
Unfortunately the Raspberry Pi foundation don't seem to have a stretch-backports repo. If you have a Pi2 or Pi3 you could add the Debian repo but you need to add some gpg keys. I will do one of mine and post the necessary instructions to get it going.
They don't currently have an armhf version of BOINC (some problem with the build machines). It should appear in the next couple of days. BOINC 7.8.2 is already in experimental and will take a week or so to make it into stretch-backports.
Hello, just a quick not to inform you all about about a backport of BOINC 7.8.2 also to the former Jessie distribution (now called "old stable"). That new package has already been build for ARM (for the curious see https://packages.debian.org/jessie-backports-sloppy/boinc-client).
To install, add the jessie-backports-sloppy in /etc/apt/sources.list as outlined in https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ and after "sudo apt-get update" the new Jessie-backported boinc package should install upon "sudo apt-get install -t jessie-backports-sloppy boinc".
Why "sloppy"? The regular jessie-backports only offer what shipped with the regular Stretch release. Now, from Buster (the current testing) via Stretch to Jessie, new arrivals go into jessie-backports-sloppy.
I designed a case to hold 4 Rpi's in a row with active cooling. I'm calling it the Pi ^4 Case (Pi to the power of 4). I had the prototype 3D printed last week and I already have some ideas for the next version. The rest of the pictures can be found on my blog here
I'm going to guess team Raspberry Pi will end the year on 14,617,000. I don't think I will be getting to the elusive Pi figure for a while.
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The 7.8.1 backport of the BOINC client has now been accepted. Users of Debian Stretch, the current stable release of Debian, can use it rightaway. Instruction on https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ say one should add the line
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports mainto /etc/apt/sources.list and run "apt-get update". The backported boinc-client with the GUI then install with
Concerning Ubuntu the 7.8.1 is already on Artful, the current developer release. For backports to earlier releases of Ubuntu inspect Gianfranco's personal package archive on https://launchpad.net/~costamagnagianfranco/+archive/ubuntu/boinc .
Unfortunately the Raspberry
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Unfortunately the Raspberry Pi foundation don't seem to have a stretch-backports repo. If you have a Pi2 or Pi3 you could add the Debian repo but you need to add some gpg keys. I will do one of mine and post the necessary instructions to get it going.
Update Instructions now on my blog: Add stretch-backports to Rpi
They don't currently have an armhf version of BOINC (some problem with the build machines). It should appear in the next couple of days. BOINC 7.8.2 is already in experimental and will take a week or so to make it into stretch-backports.
MarksRpiCluster
Hello, just a quick not to
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Hello, just a quick not to inform you all about about a backport of BOINC 7.8.2 also to the former Jessie distribution (now called "old stable"). That new package has already been build for ARM (for the curious see https://packages.debian.org/jessie-backports-sloppy/boinc-client).
To install, add the jessie-backports-sloppy in /etc/apt/sources.list as outlined in https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ and after "sudo apt-get update" the new Jessie-backported boinc package should install upon "sudo apt-get install -t jessie-backports-sloppy boinc".
Why "sloppy"? The regular jessie-backports only offer what shipped with the regular Stretch release. Now, from Buster (the current testing) via Stretch to Jessie, new arrivals go into jessie-backports-sloppy.
@Porkypies, I liked your blog.
Steffen
BOINC 7.8.3 is now in
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BOINC 7.8.3 is now in Stretch-backports and Jessie-backports-sloppy. I’ve updated about half of my farm to it. No issues to report so far.
MarksRpiCluster
I designed a case to hold 4
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We're closing in on another year. Any bets on how many credits team Raspberry Pi will end 2017 on?
BOINC blog
I designed a case to hold 4
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I designed a case to hold 4 Rpi's in a row with active cooling. I'm calling it the Pi ^4 Case (Pi to the power of 4). I had the prototype 3D printed last week and I already have some ideas for the next version. The rest of the pictures can be found on my blog here
I'm going to guess team Raspberry Pi will end the year on 14,617,000. I don't think I will be getting to the elusive Pi figure for a while.
MarksRpiCluster
That is really cool! Is it a
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That is really cool! Is it a trick of the camera, or does the bottom filament actually look so close to the RPi "red" color?
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Out of sheer curiosity, how
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Out of sheer curiosity, how are the temperatures while running? It's definitely a neat design!
I asked for a red bottom and
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I asked for a red bottom and a white top to match the official colours but left it up to the 3D printing people as to what shades they could do.
MarksRpiCluster
WhiteWulfe wrote:Out of sheer
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I haven’t actually checked temps. I expect it will be similar to my other Pi case modification as I took the fans off some official cases.
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