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From the thread that started this forum I learned something.
Not many people know what BOINC is, or if they do, they just think its the 2nd version of the SETI program.
So heres what BOINC is. BOINC stands for Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing. BOINC itself isn't a distributed computing project, but rather a platform for DCs to run on.
Basicly what that means is you install BOINC, then can use BOINC to connect to different projects, you can see a list in the link above of some of the projects. The BOINC manager program takes care of the downloading of applications and work units returning of work for all your projects that you may attach to.
One of the advantages of BOINC is that you can run more then one project and setup resource shares for how much time you want to donate to each project. So maybe you do want to help the SETI team search for aliens, but maybe your also interested in doing some Protein folding, or long term climate prediction? Well now you can.
Some of us are big time numbers peoples, we like to see our credits go up as we complete more and more work. So your thinking well if I join multiple projects my credits are all split up, this is another are where BOINC offers something cool. A total score amongst all the projects you've joined, as every project you join, as long as you use the same email address, will sync up a Cross project ID for you which can be used by stats sites to give you a total score. This same system also works for teams, as you'll notice for many of the other projects is an overclockers.com team.
So if you want to help out us BOINCers, theres a wide selection of choices for what interests you. If you have questions feel free to ask questions and I'll try and help you out as I can.
For a list of projects http://boinc.berkeley.edu/
Unofficial BOINC Wiki! http://boinc-doc.net/boinc-wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
BOINCstats.com - BOINC Statistics http://www.boincstats.com/
Not many people know what BOINC is, or if they do, they just think its the 2nd version of the SETI program.
So heres what BOINC is. BOINC stands for Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing. BOINC itself isn't a distributed computing project, but rather a platform for DCs to run on.
Basicly what that means is you install BOINC, then can use BOINC to connect to different projects, you can see a list in the link above of some of the projects. The BOINC manager program takes care of the downloading of applications and work units returning of work for all your projects that you may attach to.
One of the advantages of BOINC is that you can run more then one project and setup resource shares for how much time you want to donate to each project. So maybe you do want to help the SETI team search for aliens, but maybe your also interested in doing some Protein folding, or long term climate prediction? Well now you can.
Some of us are big time numbers peoples, we like to see our credits go up as we complete more and more work. So your thinking well if I join multiple projects my credits are all split up, this is another are where BOINC offers something cool. A total score amongst all the projects you've joined, as every project you join, as long as you use the same email address, will sync up a Cross project ID for you which can be used by stats sites to give you a total score. This same system also works for teams, as you'll notice for many of the other projects is an overclockers.com team.
So if you want to help out us BOINCers, theres a wide selection of choices for what interests you. If you have questions feel free to ask questions and I'll try and help you out as I can.
For a list of projects http://boinc.berkeley.edu/
Unofficial BOINC Wiki! http://boinc-doc.net/boinc-wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
BOINCstats.com - BOINC Statistics http://www.boincstats.com/