diff --git a/doc/anonymous_platform.php b/doc/anonymous_platform.php index 4454a95ec3..d2537a05ad 100644 --- a/doc/anonymous_platform.php +++ b/doc/anonymous_platform.php @@ -1,56 +1,62 @@
-BOINC-based projects compile program versions for common platforms -(Windows/Intel, Linux/Intel, Mac OS/X. etc.), -and place them on its servers. -A participant downloads the core client for his platform -(assuming that platform is supported by the project). -When the core client requests work from the project's scheduling server, -the client tells the server its platform, -and the server instructs it to download the appropriate executables. + BOINC applications, and the BOINC core client, are native-mode programs, so + different versions are required for each platform (a 'platform' is the + combination of an operating system and a processor type: e.g., + Linux/IntelX86). +
-This addresses the needs of most BOINC participants, -but it's inadequate if: + BOINC-based projects compile program versions for common platforms + (Windows/Intel, Linux/Intel, Mac OS/X. etc.), and place them on its servers. + A participant downloads the core client for his platform (assuming that + platform is supported by the project). When the core client requests work + from the project's scheduling server, the client tells the server its + platform, and the server instructs it to download the appropriate + executables. +
++ This addresses the needs of most BOINC participants, but it's inadequate if: +
-To handle these cases, BOINC lets you compile programs yourself -rather than downloading them from the project. -Here's how it works: +To handle these cases, BOINC lets you compile programs yourself rather than +downloading them from the project. Here's how it works: +
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-setiathome @@ -67,28 +73,37 @@ It has the following form: -"), "
-You may want to check out the following email lists -(e.g. the port may already exist): + This model is possible only with projects that make their application source + code available. +
++ You may want to check out the following email lists (e.g. the port may + already exist): +
-"; + + diff --git a/doc/docutil.php b/doc/docutil.php index b5b8b1b6d6..25c5cb4810 100644 --- a/doc/docutil.php +++ b/doc/docutil.php @@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ function last_mod() { function page_head($title) { $d = last_mod(); - echo " + echo "
- - + +
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