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Running BOINC
Beginners
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.
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It's easy, even if you have no computer experience. Just follow the directions on the BOINC home page.
If you'd like more information about BOINC, or need help installing BOINC, you can talk or chat with a BOINC volunteer.
Intermediate users
* [IntroUser Getting started]
* [UsageRules Usage rules and privacy policy]
* [BoincAccounts Choosing and joining projects]
* [SystemRequirements System requirements]
* Installing BOINC
* [WinInstaller The Windows installer]
* [MacAdvanced The Macintosh installer]
* [LinuxSea Self-extracting archive]
* [CoreClient Core client executable ]
* Running BOINC
* [ManagerAdvanced The BOINC manager (advanced view)]
* [ManagerSimple The BOINC manager (simple view)]
* [ScreenSaver The BOINC screensaver]
* [BoincOnLinux Linux requirements]
* [SolarisClient Running BOINC on Solaris]
* [GlobalPrefs Preferences]
* Add-on software
* [DialUp Using BOINC with modem, ISDN and VPN connections]
* [EnergyUsage Heat and energy considerations]
* [HostId Host identification and merging]
* [MultiProjects Participating in multiple projects]
* [CreditSystem Computation credit]
* [BenchMark More on benchmarks]
* [BoincTeams Teams]
* [AccountManagers Account managers]
* [ClientMessages Core client configuration]
* [RpcAuth Controlling BOINC remotely]
Advanced users
* [UnixClient More core client configuration and options]
* [BoincCmd The boinc_cmd command-line tool (Unix)]
* [AutoStart Starting BOINC on boot (Linux, OS X)]
* [AnonymousPlatform Make your own client software].
Run BOINC on uncommon platforms, or inspect the source code before you run it.
* [MacAdminTools Tools for Mac OS X]
* [SandboxUser BOINC sandboxing]
* BOINC as a Condor backfill job
* [GridIntegration Grid integration]
* [ProxyServer Proxy servers] (why BOINC doesn't have them).
* [CpuSched CPU scheduling]
* [ManagerSkin Creating a skin for the BOINC Manager]
* [SkinExamples Skin examples]
* [WinDeploy Deploying BOINC on Windows networks]
* [BoincPapers Papers and talks on BOINC]
Help, bugs, and troubleshooting
* Online help * [TroubleshootClient Troubleshooting BOINC] * [AolBug AOL fix] * [DirectxRequirements Direct X version requirements] * [ReportBugs Bug Reporting]
Other ways to volunteer
* [HelpVolunteer Be a Help Volunteer] * [WorldWideLexicon Translate news items] * [TranslateIntro Translate web and GUI text]
If you're interested in donating your time (rather than computing power), check out
* Clickworkers (from NASA Ames Research Center) * Stardust@home (from UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab). * Distributed Proofreaders
Download and version information
* [DownloadOther Other sources of BOINC client software] * [VersionHistory Version history ] * [DownloadInfo Specialized download pages]
