Project Update

[chooka03]

Hmm, so they all had computational errors. 100%.
Not sure if that's because of the VM or not? I'll try a restart.

Edit... not sure why but I couldn't run in on Ubuntu in my VM. I haven't tried any other pc's yet.

I'd like to have a crack at this but might need some help by the looks.

Edit, edit ... Just read Daniels post. Trying that now.

Edit,Edit,Edit..... Wow! Daniel's suggestion worked like a charm still! Thank you!

[Abruraspingi]

Started running Gaia on a bare metal Debian Box. We could jump a ranks with this project if WU's hold up.

I've been wanting to crunch this project, but never realised it was Linux only

[Abruraspingi]

Alao Chooka did you see this thread? It shows the error you were getting

https://gaiaathome.eu/gaiaathome/forum_thread.php?id=101#746

[chooka03]

Cheers, thank you.
I did see Daniel's post on that which was a great help too 

[Dingo]

All my tasks errored out on Native Ubuntu but I had a look at the error and it was missing libquadmath0
so I installed it using sudo apt install libquadmath0 and it now seems that my tasks are working on Ubuntu.

[Abruraspingi]

We are in 9th place for credit with GAIA so we have done well and we aren't far off 7th place. After that will be a hard slog

[chooka03]

I will revisit Gaia, I'm just trying to chip away at some other stuff right now.
I find I can't run Gaia plus my gpu's at the same time while using Linux on a VM.

[Polaxis]

This project does currently not provide tasks for Windows machines, correct?

[chooka03]

That is correct (unfortunately)
I installed a virtual machine then loaded Ubuntu onto it as I'm a Windows man through & through.
Did what I had to in order to crunch. Wish it was Windows compatible though.

[chooka03]

Gaia@Home has work btw. 

[Dingo]

https://gaiaathome.eu/gaiaathome/

Gaia@home relaunched: a new method for asteroid shapes
Gaia@home is back – with a new scientific goal

The research carried out in Gaia@home so far has reached the limit of what it could deliver, so we have rebuilt the project around a new task: reconstructing the shapes of asteroids from their lightcurves – the way their brightness changes as they rotate.

The new application, SAGE, uses your computers to evolve thousands of shape variants and test which ones best reproduce years of observations. The result is the shape, spin axis and rotation period of an asteroid, together with a map of which parts of its surface are well determined.

What this means for you

• Your account, credit, computers, team and forum posts have been carried over. Nothing to do – your BOINC client will reconnect on its own.
• Old tasks have been retired. If your client shows errors for old Gaia@home tasks, use "Reset project" in the BOINC Manager.
• The new application runs on 64-bit Linux and Windows.
• The website has moved to a new server. Asteroid models will appear in the gallery as they are completed.

Thank you for staying with us all this time. Questions and problem reports are welcome on the forum.
2 Nov 2026, 7:12:24 UTC · Discuss