User Manual

From BOINC

Contents 1 General information 2 Installing and running BOINC 3 Configuration and preferences 4 Miscellaneous

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.

1. Choose projects
2. Download and run BOINC software
3. Select a project, and enter your account information.

Or, if you run several projects, try an account manager such as GridRepublic or BAM!.

General information

• How BOINC works
• Usage rules and privacy policy
• Choosing and joining projects
• Participating in multiple projects
• Account managers
• Heat and energy considerations
• Client security and sandboxing

Installing and running BOINC

• System requirements
• Installing BOINC
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Mac OS X
• Uninstalling BOINC
• The BOINC Manager
  • Simple view
  • Advanced view
• The BOINC screensaver
• The boinccmd command-line tool (Unix or Windows DOS cmd)
• Starting BOINC on boot (Linux, OS X)
• Stop or start BOINC daemon after boot (Linux)
• Make your own client software
  Run BOINC on uncommon platforms, or inspect the source code before you run it.
• Tools for Mac OS X
• Deploying BOINC on Windows networks
• Add-on software
• Using BOINC with modem, ISDN and VPN connections

Configuration and preferences

• Preferences
• Client configuration
• Controlling BOINC remotely
• Client configuration (advanced)

Miscellaneous

• Benchmarks
• Computation credit
• Creating a skin for the BOINC Manager
• Grid integration
• Host identification and merging
• Locating stolen computers
• Proxy servers (why BOINC doesn't have them).
• Teams
• Weak account keys