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1) Message boards : Number crunching : All workunits failed. Message 289 Posted 16 Nov 2025 by Contact	BOINC 8.2.7 has magically fixed all my hosts on BOINC Central. I had to re-run the very intelligent new buda installer on one host for BOINC to recognize that WSL. The installer removed the old WSL image and reinstalled. BOINC then saw a usable WSL and downloaded and completed valid BOINC Central tasks again. All other hosts just started downloading BOINC Central tasks and returned valid results again. During testing of 8.2.6 all my hosts started to return invalid results or no usable WSL and I couldn't fix that. Re-running the new installer with BOINC 8.2.6 (and even after reverting back to 8.2.4) still returned invalid results or no usable WSL, even though everything looked great. I have no clue why that is.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : How to run BOINC Central tasks Message 225 Posted 21 Sep 2025 by Contact	The current Recommended version of BOINC (8.2.4) supports Docker apps so there is no need to download the development version as mentioned originally.
3) Message boards : Number crunching : How to run BOINC Central tasks Message 156 Posted 20 Jun 2025 by Contact	In reply to crashtech's message of 20 Jun 2025: it appears that the instructions displayed above are not the ones currently being displayed at 'Install the alpha version of BOINC on Ubuntu 24.04' for the BOINC Alpha in Ubuntu 24.04 Thanks. Posting to this thread is a good way of knowing that there are changes and staying updated. It's a good reminder that this is all under active development and instructions may change at any time.
4) Message boards : Cafe : BOINC Census 2024 Message 123 Posted 29 May 2025 by Contact	The 2024 BOINC Census Results Are In! Thanks to everyone who participated in this yearâ€™s BOINC Census, organized by The Science Commons Initiative. The results are now available for anyone interested in learning more about the BOINC communityâ€™s makeup and opinions. Raw Data & Visualizations: The full anonymized dataset and charts are published on GitHub: https://github.com/TheSCInitiative/BOINC/tree/main/BOINC_Census/2024 Summary Video: Thereâ€™s also a video breakdown of the findings here: https://youtu.be/CMF4yAbqlnI This census is part of independent research by TheSCInitiative and helps build a clearer picture of whoâ€™s involved in BOINC and what the community thinks. Thanks again to those who took the time to share their feedback!
5) Message boards : Science : Boolean chains Message 112 Posted 2 May 2025 by Contact	Yay! Great to see that we've completed at least 5% already. I hope it's okay that I copied this information here: https://boincsynergy.ca/wiki/index.php/BOINC_Central
6) Message boards : Number crunching : How to run BOINC Central tasks Message 106 Posted 30 Apr 2025 by Contact	project URL: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/central/ Download and install the latest development version of BOINC as well as Podman. Windows also needs WSL2 enabled. Windows: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php?dev=1 * Follow instruction to enable WSL https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install * Enable WSL2 (currently only WSL2 is supported) * Download latest release from https://github.com/BOINC/boinc-buda-runner-wsl/releases * Navigate to the directory where you downloaded the release * Double-click on the boinc-buda-runner.wsl file * Open Windows Terminal and select 'boinc-buda-runner' profile or run the command wsl.exe -d boinc-buda-runner in the terminal to start the application. * Run BOINC client (download and install first if you haven't done so from https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php) and verify that WSL and podman are detected. In case of any issues, report them on the GitHub repository: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc Linux: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/linux_install.php An example of Linux install instructions. 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
7) Message boards : Number crunching : How can I get the wright Version of WSL on Windows?!?!? Message 105 Posted 30 Apr 2025 by Contact	Download and install the latest development version of BOINC (8.2.1) as well as Podman. Windows also needs WSL2 enabled. Windows: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/boinc_8.2.1_windows_x86_64.exe * Follow instruction to enable WSL https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install * Enable WSL2 (currently only WSL2 is supported) * Download latest release from https://github.com/BOINC/boinc-buda-runner-wsl/releases * Navigate to the directory where you downloaded the release * Double-click on the boinc-buda-runner.wsl file * Open Windows Terminal and select 'boinc-buda-runner' profile or run the command wsl.exe -d boinc-buda-runner in the terminal to start the application. * Run BOINC client (download and install first if you haven't done so from https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php) and verify that WSL and podman are detected. In case of any issues, report them on the GitHub repository: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc Linux: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/linux_install.php An example of Linux install instructions. 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) $(lsb_release -cs) main \| sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/boinc.list > /dev/null sudo apt update sudo apt install boinc-client boinc-manager On headless systems, omit 'boinc-manager'. On such systems, the BOINC client can be controlled either using boinccmd, or using a remote GUI. Details on the installer are here. GPU computing If the system has a GPU, it may be usable by BOINC projects that have GPU-enabled apps. On some systems you may need to install GPU drivers that support this. Check the BOINC client's output on startup. It should detect your GPU (NVIDIA, AMD, or Intel) using OpenCL, and NVIDIA GPUs should also be detected using CUDA. If not, check whether updated drivers are available for your GPU type and Linux distro. In general, vendor-supplied drivers may be preferable to open-source drivers. Install Podman Some BOINC projects use Docker to package their applications. We recommend that you install Podman, an open-source version of Docker. To do so: sudo apt install podman sudo usermod --add-subuids 100000-165535 --add-subgids 100000-165535 boinc
8) Message boards : Number crunching : Docker installation unsuccessful on Ubuntu 24.10. Message 80 Posted 28 Apr 2025 by Contact	You need to use the latest BOINC Alpha version and install Podman https://boinc.berkeley.edu/linux_install.php Install the alpha version of BOINC on Ubuntu 24.04 In a terminal window, enter: sudo curl -fsSL https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/linux/alpha/$(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
9) Message boards : Cafe : BOINC Census 2024 Message 70 Posted 8 Dec 2024 by Contact	https://forms.fillout.com/t/m4ZSkCQMGAus â˜It's time for another The Science Commons Initiative sponsored BOINC Census! There are a lot of new questions this year and I hope you all enjoy being able to give deeper feedback this time ðŸ—£ï¸ This form will close on the 26th of Jan 2025 â° â€¼ï¸ Please only complete this form once! âœï¸ And make sure you give as much feedback as possible! This census is not endorsed by BOINC but here are previous results: https://thesciencecommons.org/BOINC/Census/2022/ https://thesciencecommons.org/BOINC/Census/2023/ Cheers!
10) Questions and Answers : Windows : Can NOT add Team Message 69 Posted 7 Dec 2024 by Contact	Yes, both team creation and account deletion are possible now.
11) Questions and Answers : Job submission : How to delete an existing Account? Message 60 Posted 16 Sep 2024 by Contact	The option to delete your account can be found here: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/central/home.php
12) Message boards : Cafe : BOINC Workshop 2024 Message 52 Posted 10 May 2024 by Contact	Registration for the 2024 BOINC Workshop in-person attendance has been extended until 15 May 2024. The early deadline was needed to get everyone access credentials.
13) Message boards : Cafe : BOINC Workshop 2024 Message 51 Posted 2 May 2024 by Contact	BOINC@20: Science + Technology + Community The 20th BOINC Workshop at CERN will be an in person event and will look back at 20 years of volunteer computing, empowering citizens and scientists to tackle the worldâ€™s hardest problems, and will look forward to the future, to expand the scope of what we can all do, together. To take part (whether in person or remote) please register. Registration is open and closes on 6 May 2024.
14) Message boards : Cafe : BOINC is a finalist for a notable award, and needs your vote (*by Sunday) Message 50 Posted 2 Apr 2024 by Contact	The voting deadline has been extended until Thursday April 04 (23:00 UTC+02:00) and the instructions have been updated. Please consider voting if you haven't already.
15) Message boards : Cafe : BOINC is a finalist for a notable award, and needs your vote (*by Sunday) Message 49 Posted 26 Mar 2024 by Contact	The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is a United Nations-sponsored initiative aimed at harnessing the potential of information and communication technologies to build inclusive and equitable information societies worldwide. BOINC has been nominated for a prize at the 2024 forum, and has passed initial hurdles; the next and last step ("Phase 3") requires public votes. The award would be a very nice boost and validation for BOINC and all our projects; if we can get our communities to vote, we should have a decent shot at this point... Voting is pretty simple, takes just a few minutes; instructions are here. (*The deadline for votes is Sunday: 31 March 2024, 23:00 UTC+02:00)
16) Questions and Answers : Windows : Can NOT add Team Message 3 Posted 21 Mar 2023 by Contact	The errors are fixed and team Gridcoin has been created. Note that BOINC Central has not been whitelisted yet by Gridcoin.