No, the Beta version gave me 7.6.31 and 17.1 gave me 7.2.42. I haven't tried upgrading yet to see if it is a function of the BOINC version. I really don't think that is the problem so I haven't pursued it yet. I was just tickled to get back to "normal" crunch time

They've added some new commands and capability to Mint 18 so I'm guessing they have a different repository than what was used for the previous versions ... pure guess on my part. TBH I don't even now where to look for 7.6.31. The BOINC download page only shows up to 7.4.25.