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How to donate CPU/GPU resources to science with Boinc

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Bill Toulas
Jul 28, 2016

Altruism is one thing that I’d like to believe characterizes all Linux users out there. This trait can be manifested in a lot of different ways, but when we’re talking about computers, the most characteristic and practical way is donating computational resources for a good cause. Here’s is a quick guide on how to do exactly that.

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Bill Toulas

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