If you have a computer and want to help fight COVID-19, I made an unofficial team for Astroneer on Rosetta@home! I saw Linus Tech Tips and NVIDIA doing this, along with the pcmasterrace subreddit.

It doesn't slow down your computer, and you can turn it on low if you want to save on the power bill. It's made by Berkeley and has a huge community right now - but we need more! It uses many computers to cooperate in researching how COVID-19 works, so treatments and vaccines can be made.

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• If you want to join:
  • Install and run BOINC (without VirtualBox) and select the Rosetta@home project
  • Enter an email address and password to make an account on Rosetta@home
  • Log in to Rosetta@home
  • Go to the unofficial Astroneer team page.
  • Click "Join this team"

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• If you want to conserve power:
  • Click Options and Computing Preferences
  • Type a smaller percentage into "Use at most 100% of CPU time"
  • Click Save

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• If you're not technically savvy:
  • I made instructions with short, easy steps if anyone wants me to add them to this post.
  • If using a laptop for this, it has to be plugged in.
  • It's normal if your computer warms up a little - it's working hard!

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• If you are technically savvy:
  • You can also use Folding@home to donate GPU power as well. Just be sure, if you do this, that it doesn't fight against BOINC for CPU power.

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Thanks, and stay safe!

- Xech