Hi everyone!

I have the BOINC client and BOINC manager installed in Ubuntu and I have it cranking away on some projects. I downloaded a skin I would prefer (I think the default one looks like something from 1997). What folder do I put the .xml and the other files in?

* Create a directory 'skins' in your BOINC directory
* Move the skin directory into 'skins'
* In the Simple View, click Preferences
* Select the skin you want from the drop-down box

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• Create a directory 'skins' in your BOINC directory

Ah, there is the problem. The Ubuntu package gets files get kinda scattered on the system: configuration on /etc, binaries on /usr/bin, data files on /var/lib/boinc-client, so there isn't really a clear "BOINC directory".

So, to original poster: If you used the Ubuntu package (installed with apt-get), skins are probably on /var/lib/boinc-client/skins. You should create that 'skins' directory if it doesn't exist, then create inside a directory with the skin name, and inside that put the files. The XML would end up in /var/lib/boinc-client/skins/whatever/skin.xml.

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