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 boinc

Metapackage for the boinc client and the manager
14KB
https://boinc.berkeley.edu/
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Description:

The berkeley open infrastructure for network computing (boinc) is a software platform for distributed computing: several initiatives of various scientific disciplines all compete for the idle time of desktop computers. the developers' web site at the university of berkeley serves as a common portal to the otherwise independently run projects.

this package depends both on the boinc core client program that is required to participate in any project that uses boinc, and the boinc manager, a graphical monitor and control utility for the boinc core client.

User reviews:
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9 months ago

balcobulls
4 I have a strong dislike for windows (thats a given), nevertheless, I prefer BOINC on windows currently. Only big thing that continues to be a hangup is the graphic support. BOINC works fine, dont get me wrong, the cosmetic side is lacking.
2 years ago

draco1
5 I have used BOINC in Windows (gag) for a few years and now that I "wised up" and "RAN" from Micro, I was hoping to use this again. GREAT software!
2 years ago

Yacy
5 Participating in distributed computing projects is so much fun with this tool!
2 years ago

playforvoices
5 Getting involved in science and help to find answers for the medicinic problems with other peoples around the world!
2 years ago

twisted87
5 Very good software! 4 years of computing. This is my little donation to the sicence.
3 years ago

rildolho
5 Muito bom!
3 years ago

Falconet
5 BOINC is great. I crunch mainly for WCG. Also, while BOINC won't start on startup, the science applications do.
3 years ago

zapbuzz
4 does the job reliably
3 years ago

ChiefPoints
4 Great way to get involved with Citizen Science. Don't worry about it being a resource hog, you can easily configure it to use as few or as many as you want.
3 years ago

jmt95
5 Been calculating for years now!
3 years ago

ChrisOfBristol
3 I have struggled to get BOINC to work in the past, but on Mint-14/Cinnamon at least it runs. It doesn't start automatically when the computer is idle though. Download and install 7.0.28 which does.
3 years ago

acerayl
5 I use it on an old netbook and pc, just letting it run 24/7. Love the concept.
3 years ago

ttttrrrr
5 Разум когда-нибудь победит.
4 years ago

ari_1
5 Electric consumption is not a great problem , first because you can consider it as a donation to science , second because the differences between a cpu in idle and one at 100% is not so great to impact on the bill so much , the only power consumption more than normal you will have is if you decide to let the pc on only to work on boinc in these moments when normally you would have shut it down. The projects are on a various range of human utility , you can choose one only or a group of your interest , all over an utility that must be default on every pc in the world , one of the few really worth using a pc.
4 years ago

moeller
5 Hello, I am helping with the maintenance of the BOINC Debian package. I have no idea if Mint provides a BOINC package of its own or if it is falling back on something we provide. The Debian and Ubuntu folks collaborate closely on the BOINC packaging, which is very rewarding. Especially now for all those NVidia and OpenCL libraries to run stuff on graphics cards that are named differently across distributions it would be great to hear back about the compatibility of our newer packages like that of 7.0.24 with the Mint environment. WorldCommunityGrid, Einstein@Home and Rosetta are my pet projects. Many thanks for your contributions, keep going.
4 years ago

nzc3
4 Excellent idea, but resources will be eaten easily. So we will give it a 4x instead of a 5x. Excellent that it can use the CUDA GPU's, nice!
4 years ago

Vegan
5 Good, but not all the projects are worth and increased electicity consumption and a faster aging of a computer.
5 years ago

acidjazz
5 It works very well and was easy to install compared to what is offered on the Boinc website. Allows allocation of computer resources. The extra electrical consumption I justify as a donation to supporting worthy projects.
5 years ago

RayWoods
3 Be warned; it is a resource Hog!
5 years ago

Steampunk-Nick
5 Great app!
5 years ago

mdbader
5 11 years and counting - join my team
5 years ago

furcalor
5 The reason to justify high uptimes!
5 years ago

Da_Londo
4 Great prog but keep in mind the electrical consumption
6 years ago

nagalman
5 This should be pre-installed with every computer. This software acutally saves lives and makes our world a better place
6 years ago

angelhjose
5 Must have
6 years ago

digimaus
5 Best reason to justify leaving my computer on all the time.
6 years ago

akanashiro
3 contributing with the science :)

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