I copied and pasted the two install lines for linux but still I am getting the message that docker wasn't present. Anything else I may overlook? There is no VM on this laptop. Is virtualization needed? I don't think I can activate it in BIOS on this machine.

You need to use the latest BOINC Alpha version and install Podman https://boinc.berkeley.edu/linux_install.php

Install the alpha version of BOINC on Ubuntu 24.04
In a terminal window, enter:

sudo curl -fsSL https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/linux/alpha/$(lsb_release -cs)/boinc.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/boinc.gpg
sudo echo deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/boinc.gpg] https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/linux/alpha/$(lsb_release -cs) $(lsb_release -cs) main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/boinc.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install boinc-client boinc-manager

On headless systems, omit 'boinc-manager'. On such systems, the BOINC client can be controlled either using boinccmd, or using a remote GUI.

Details on the installer are here.

GPU computing
If the system has a GPU, it may be usable by BOINC projects that have GPU-enabled apps. On some systems you may need to install GPU drivers that support this.

Check the BOINC client's output on startup. It should detect your GPU (NVIDIA, AMD, or Intel) using OpenCL, and NVIDIA GPUs should also be detected using CUDA. If not, check whether updated drivers are available for your GPU type and Linux distro. In general, vendor-supplied drivers may be preferable to open-source drivers.

Install Podman
Some BOINC projects use Docker to package their applications. We recommend that you install Podman, an open-source version of Docker. To do so:

sudo apt install podman
sudo usermod --add-subuids 100000-165535 --add-subgids 100000-165535 boinc

Configuration
You must tell BOINC which science projects to compute for. The recommended way is to use Science United, where you choose science areas rather than individual projects.

Create an account on Science United.
Attach this computer to the Science United account.
You can configure BOINC to limit its computing, memory usage, and disk usage. Do this using the BOINC Manager (Options / Computing Preferences) or the Computing Preferences form on the Science United website.

Uninstall
To remove BOINC:

sudo apt remove boinc-client boinc-manager

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Thanks for the info. I tried to update BOINC already but when I copy and paste the first installation command into the terminal the response is "sudo: curl command not found". After some research I found that "curl" is a program that needs to be installed separately.

With curl installed I tried to execute the first install command again, this time I got the following error: The requested URL returned error: 404.

What is your OS?

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BOINC maintainer.
For any insight, check my BOINC Development Blog.

In reply to Contact's message of 28 Apr 2025:

You need to use the latest BOINC Alpha version and install Podman https://boinc.berkeley.edu/linux_install.php

Install the alpha version of BOINC on Ubuntu 24.04
In a terminal window, enter:

With this instruction my computer successfully finished a task in ~1h. Thank you!

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In reply to Vitalii Koshura's message of 28 Apr 2025:

What is your OS?

Hello Vitalii. Ubuntu 24.10. (without LTS), but I never had any problems installing BOINC's previous versions.

In reply to Drago75's message of 28 Apr 2025:

In reply to Vitalii Koshura's message of 28 Apr 2025:

What is your OS?

Hello Vitalii. Ubuntu 24.10. (without LTS), but I never had any problems installing BOINC's previous versions.

We have packages for LTS version only: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/wiki/Linux-DEB-and-RPM-support
But you can install the package using the next command:

sudo curl -fsSL https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/linux/alpha/noble/boinc.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/boinc.gpg
sudo echo deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/boinc.gpg] https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/linux/alpha/noble noble main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/boinc.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install boinc-client boinc-manager

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BOINC maintainer.
For any insight, check my BOINC Development Blog.

sudo curl -fsSL https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/linux/alpha/noble/boinc.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/boinc.gpg
sudo echo deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/boinc.gpg] https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/linux/alpha/noble noble main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/boinc.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install boinc-client boinc-manager

Doesn't work on my Ubuntu 24.04 Box's, when I try it it just gives me a bunch of commands not recognized ???

Also tried this but BOINC just says Docker not present:
sudo apt install podman
sudo usermod --add-subuids 100000-165535 --add-subgids 100000-165535 boinc

Wed 30 Apr 2025 03:18:43 AM EDT | BOINC Central | Message from server: Docker not present

In reply to STE\/E's message of 30 Apr 2025:

Doesn't work on my Ubuntu 24.04 Box's, when I try it it just gives me a bunch of commands not recognized ???

It would be much easier if you provide more specific errors regarding commands not recognized.
Otherwise I can just suggest you to install the missing software to resolve the error with unrecognized commands.

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BOINC maintainer.
For any insight, check my BOINC Development Blog.

In reply to Vitalii Koshura's message of 30 Apr 2025:

In reply to STE\/E's message of 30 Apr 2025:

Doesn't work on my Ubuntu 24.04 Box's, when I try it it just gives me a bunch of commands not recognized ???

It would be much easier if you provide more specific errors regarding commands not recognized.
Otherwise I can just suggest you to install the missing software to resolve the error with unrecognized commands.

I got Docker to run on 1 Box trying another one now ...Got Docker to run on the second Box too ...