mirror of https://github.com/BOINC/boinc.git
106 lines
3.4 KiB
PHP
106 lines
3.4 KiB
PHP
<?php
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require_once("docutil.php");
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page_head("Choosing and joining projects");
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echo "
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<h2>Choosing projects</h2>
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<p>
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BOINC was developed at the University of California to support
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<a href=http://setiathome.berkeley.edu>SETI@home</a>.
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However, other distributed computing projects use BOINC.
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BOINC allows you to participate in multiple projects,
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and to control how your resources (such as computer time
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and disk space) are divided among these projects.
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<p>
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Projects are independent, and each maintains its own servers.
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The BOINC developers and the University of California
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have no control over the creation of BOINC-based projects,
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and in general do not endorse them.
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The BOINC web sites lists some, but not all, projects.
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A more complete list is on the
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<a href=http://boinc-wiki.ath.cx/index.php?title=Catalog_of_BOINC_Powered_Projects>BOINC Wiki</a>.
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<p>
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When you participate in a project,
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you entrust that project with the health of your
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computer and the privacy of its data.
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In deciding whether to participate in a project,
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you should consider the following questions:
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<ul>
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<li> Do you trust the project to ensure that its applications
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won't damage your computer or cause security problems?
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<li> Do you trust the project to use proper security practices on their servers?
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<li> Does the project clearly describe its goals?
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<li> Who owns the results of the computation?
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If the results are valuable, will they be freely available to the public
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or will they belong to a for-profit business?
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</ul>
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<h2>Joining a project</h2>
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<p>
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To participate in a BOINC project:
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<ol>
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<li> <a href=download.php>Download</a>,
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install and run the BOINC client software.
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<li>
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Click Join Project, or select the Attach Project menu item.
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Enter the project's URL.
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This is the address of the project's web site.
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If you like, you can copy and paste it from your web browser.
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<li>
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Enter your email address and a password of your choosing.
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<li>
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BOINC will open a web page that allows you to set other account data,
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such as name, country, and preferences.
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</ol>
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<p>
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That's it!
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<h3>Multiple computers under one account</h3>
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<p>
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You can run BOINC on several computers under one account.
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Once you have created an account as above,
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you can add new computers in either of two ways:
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<ol>
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<li> Download and install the BOINC client software on each computer,
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and follow the above procedure.
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<li>
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If the new computer is the same type as an existing computer,
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create a BOINC home directory on the new computer
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(the BOINC client software resides in a <b>BOINC home directory</b>.
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If hosts share a network file system,
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each host must have its own BOINC home directory).
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Copy the core client executable and all 'account_*' files
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from the existing computer to the new computer.
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Do not copy 'client_state.xml'.
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NOTE: this procedure does not work on Windows
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because it does not copy registry entries.
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</ol>
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<h3>Older software versions</h3>
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<p>
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The procedure is a little different if you're using
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a pre-5.0 version of BOINC,
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or a command-line version of BOINC,
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or the Mac OS X Menubar version of BOINC.
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In these cases:
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<ol>
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<li> Visit the project's web site,
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click on 'Create account' or similar link,
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and fill out a web form.
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<li> You will be sent an email containing an
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'account key' (a long random string).
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<li> Run the BOINC client software.
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You will be asked for the project's URL and for your account key;
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copy and paste this from the email you received.
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</ol>
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";
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page_tail();
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?>
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