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Turning to Slackware – Turn 4

January 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment · boinc, linux, old computers, thinkpad

This is the fourth installment of our Turning to Slackware 13.0 series.
By now all the Slackware packages have been installed, changes have been made to the /etc directory and to /usr/local. We have a boot logo for Slackware plus any other operating system (Windows for example) which would be controlled by LILO
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Old 770Zs Never Die They Just BOINC Away

April 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · linux, old computers, thinkpad

Recently we published Introduction to BOINC which said that older computers could be useful for processing Berkeley Open Infrastructure For Network Computing, BOINC, work units. These computers, retrofitted with Linux instead of Windows can contribute to the public good by looking for pulsars in outer space, searching for life on other planets, studying protein folding, [...]

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Introduction to BOINC

March 7th, 2009 · No Comments · The Press Always Gets it Wrong, linux, old computers, thinkpad

Use the idle time on your computer (Windows, Mac, or Linux) to cure diseases, study global warming, discover pulsars, and do many other types of scientific research. It’s safe, secure, and easy:
Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Well yes downloading and installing the BOINC client software is simple. There is more to this than you might [...]

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