| | 1 | [[T(UserTrac)]] |
| | 2 | {{{ |
| | 3 | #!comment |
| | 4 | I'm contemplating major changes to this and related pages. Presently it's just a lot of lists. |
| | 5 | |
| | 6 | Comments? |
| | 7 | }}} |
| | 8 | = Running BOINC = |
| | 9 | |
| | 10 | BOINC lets you contribute computing power on your home PC to projects doing research in many scientific areas. You can contribute to a single project, or to any combination of them. |
| | 11 | |
| | 12 | 1. [/projects.php Choose] projects |
| | 13 | 1. [/download.php Download] and run BOINC software |
| | 14 | 1. Enter the project URLs and your account information. |
| | 15 | |
| | 16 | Or, if you run several projects, try an account manager such as [http://www.gridrepublic.org/ GridRepublic] or [http://bam.boincstats.com/ BAM!]. |
| | 17 | |
| | 18 | If you would like more information about BOINC, or need help installing BOINC, you can [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/help.php talk or chat with a BOINC volunteer]. |
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| | 21 | #!html |
| | 22 | <div style="float:left; width:40%; padding-left:18px;"> |
| | 23 | }}} |
| | 24 | |
| | 25 | == BOINC Reference == |
| | 26 | |
| | 27 | * [IntroUser How BOINC works] |
| | 28 | * [UsageRules Usage rules and privacy policy] |
| | 29 | * [BoincAccounts Choosing and joining projects] |
| | 30 | * [SystemRequirements System requirements] |
| | 31 | * [ReleaseNotes Installing and uninstalling BOINC] |
| | 32 | * [wiki:Manager The BOINC Manager] |
| | 33 | * [ManagerSimple Simple view] |
| | 34 | * [ManagerAdvanced Advanced view] |
| | 35 | * [ScreenSaver The BOINC screensaver] |
| | 36 | * [GlobalPrefs Preferences] |
| | 37 | * [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/addons.php Add-on software] |
| | 38 | * [DialUp Using BOINC with modem, ISDN and VPN connections] |
| | 39 | * [EnergyUsage Heat and energy considerations] |
| | 40 | * [MultiProjects Participating in multiple projects] |
| | 41 | * [CreditSystem Computation credit] |
| | 42 | * [BenchMark Benchmarks] |
| | 43 | * [BoincTeams Teams] |
| | 44 | * [AccountManagers Account managers] |
| | 45 | * [ClientMessages Client configuration] |
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| | 48 | #!html |
| | 49 | </div><div style="float:right; width:50%; padding-left:18px;"> |
| | 50 | }}} |
| | 51 | |
| | 52 | == Advanced Reference == |
| | 53 | |
| | 54 | * [RpcAuth Controlling BOINC remotely] |
| | 55 | * [UnixClient Client configuration (advanced)] |
| | 56 | * [BoincCmd The boinc_cmd command-line tool (Unix)] |
| | 57 | * [AutoStart Starting BOINC on boot (Linux, OS X)] |
| | 58 | * [AnonymousPlatform Make your own client software]. |
| | 59 | Run BOINC on uncommon platforms, or inspect the source code before you run it. |
| | 60 | * [MacAdminTools Tools for Mac OS X] |
| | 61 | * [WeakAuth Weak account keys] |
| | 62 | * [http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v6.7/3_13Setting_Up.html#SECTION004139000000000000000 BOINC as a Condor backfill job] |
| | 63 | * [GridIntegration Grid integration] |
| | 64 | * [ProxyServer Proxy servers] (why BOINC doesn't have them). |
| | 65 | * [ClientSched Client Scheduling Policies] |
| | 66 | * [HostId Host identification and merging] |
| | 67 | * [ManagerSkin Creating a skin for the BOINC Manager] |
| | 68 | * [WinDeploy Deploying BOINC on Windows networks] |
| | 69 | * [BoincPapers Papers and talks on BOINC] |
| | 70 | * [SandboxUser Client security and sandboxing] |
| | 71 | * [StolenComputers Locating stolen computers] |
| | 72 | * [CoreClient Core client executable] |
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| | 75 | #!html |
| | 76 | </div><p style="clear: both;"></p> |
| | 77 | }}} |
| | 78 | |
| | 79 | == Help and troubleshooting == |
| | 80 | * [/help.php Interactive help] |
| | 81 | * [TroubleshootClient Troubleshooting BOINC] |
| | 82 | |
| | 83 | == About BOINC == |
| | 84 | * [VersionHistory Version history] |
| | 85 | * [DownloadOther Other sources of BOINC client software] |
| | 86 | * [OtherVolunteer Other ways to volunteer] |
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