cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/13369735

Release Notes: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/wiki/Client-release-notes#changes-in-802

Download page: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php

Report issues: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/issues/new/choose

This is a major release that introduced a new type of applications called ‘Sporadic applications’.

Details are described here: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/wiki/Sporadic-Applications

For Android users this release should be also available soon on F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/edu.berkeley.boinc/

For Linux users on Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE, currently this release is in ‘alpha’ channel. Soon will be available in ‘stable’ channel as well.

Installation instructions: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/linux_install.php