Choosing BOINC projects |
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BOINC software is used by many volunteer computing projects. These projects are completely independent. Some are based at universities and research labs, others are run by companies and individuals. In deciding whether to participate in a project, read its web site and consider the following questions:
| Project name Mouse over for details; click to visit web site |
Project URL | Supported platforms | |||||
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| SZTAKI Desktop Grid | http://szdg.lpds.sztaki.hu/szdg/ | Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows | |||||
| PrimeGrid | http://www.primegrid.com | Linux/x86, Windows, Windows/x86_64, Linux/x86_64 | |||||
| SHA-1 Collision Search Graz | http://boinc.iaik.tugraz.at/sha1_coll_search/ | Linux/x86, Windows, Linux/x86_64 | |||||
| Rectilinear Crossing Number | http://dist.ist.tugraz.at/cape5/ | Unknown | |||||
| Riesel Sieve | http://boinc.rieselsieve.com/ | Linux/x86, Linux/PowerPC64, , windows_amd64, Windows, Windows/x86_64, Linux/x86_64 | |||||
| ABC@home | http://abcathome.com/ | Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows, Windows/x86_64, Linux/x86_64, | |||||
| Chess960@home | http://www.chess960athome.org/alpha/ | Unknown | |||||
| Climateprediction.net | http://climateprediction.net | Unknown | |||||
| Proteins@Home | http://biology.polytechnique.fr/proteinsathome | Windows | |||||
| SIMAP | http://boinc.bio.wzw.tum.de/boincsimap/ | Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows, Windows/x86_64, Linux/x86_64, | |||||
| Rosetta@home | http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/ | Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows, Windows/x86_64, Linux/x86_64 | |||||
| GPU Grid - PS3 Grid | http://www.ps3grid.net/ | Playstation3/Linux, Linux/x86_64 | |||||
| Malariacontrol.net | http://www.malariacontrol.net | Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Windows, Linux/x86_64, | |||||
| Superlink@Technion | http://cbl-boinc-server2.cs.technion.ac.il/superlinkattechnion/ | Unknown | |||||
| Predictor@home | http://predictor.chem.lsa.umich.edu/ | Unknown | |||||
| The Lattice Project | http://boinc.umiacs.umd.edu/ | Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Windows | |||||
| World Community Grid | http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ | Unknown | |||||
| Tanpaku | http://issofty17.is.noda.tus.ac.jp/ | Unknown | |||||
| Einstein@home | http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/ | Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), SPARC Solaris 2.7, Windows | |||||
| Quantum Monte Carlo at Home | http://qah.uni-muenster.de/ | Linux/x86, Windows, Linux/x86_64 | |||||
| LHC@home | http://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/ | Linux/x86, Windows, Windows/x86_64, Linux/x86_64 | |||||
| SETI@home | http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/ | Mac OS X, Linux/x86, Mac OS X (PowerPC), SPARC Solaris, SPARC Solaris 2.7, Windows, Linux/x86_64, | |||||
| uFluids@home | http://www.ufluids.net/ | Windows | |||||
| Leiden Classical | http://boinc.gorlaeus.net/ | Unknown | |||||
| Spinhenge@home | http://spin.fh-bielefeld.de/ | Unknown | |||||
You can participate in several projects, ensuring that your computer will be kept busy even when one project has no work. You can control how your resources (such as computer time and disk space) are divided among these projects.
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