Anyone running Fedora and Boinc? In particular I want to run Fedora 14. Right now I have an XP box, but before wipping the OS, I want to make sure Boinc runs on it.
Thanks,
Dan
Anyone running Fedora and Boinc? In particular I want to run Fedora 14. Right now I have an XP box, but before wipping the OS, I want to make sure Boinc runs on it.
Thanks,
Dan
That sounds like the appropriate thing to do to Windows.Originally Posted by dan
I'm fairly certain that Boinc will work on any modern distro.
Make sure you try a 64-bit install first.
Last edited by trigggl; 04-09-11 at 11:30 AM.
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I've been running BOINC on Fedora 10 for about a year now with no issues. I've also run it on Fedora 11 before. It is a breeze to install as it is in the Fedora repositories.
Not a big deal. Took the risk wiped Windows XP, installed Fedora then installed Boinc. Had it all running in 10 minutes.
Congrats!
Always happy to see another Linux User.
It takes me a little bit more than 10 minutes for my setup for obvious reasons. (Gentoo)
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I think I will give Gentoo a try on my Inspiron 2200 when I can afford a new HDD for it. It runs Ubuntu now but the HDD is on its last leg so I have to wait.Congrats!
Always happy to see another Linux User.
It takes me a little bit more than 10 minutes for my setup for obvious reasons. (Gentoo)
It could be "fun" doing the math on how much HW this team could purchase for the money spent on MS licenses......
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Ya, but no BFBC2 or Starcraft II for linux :-(It could be "fun" doing the math on how much HW this team could purchase for the money spent on MS licenses......
I only built a linux box, cause that is what I develop on at work.
Hey Trigggl - is Gentoo hard to setup? Always thought I'd like to try it, but never had a clue where start really. It makes total sense to me - I mean, why not have a "custom OS" for every rig, so it's not loading up stuff it doesn't need and therefore should perform better. I mean, even if it was only like 5% faster...5% on a 24/7 cruncher over a year is a lot!
I know....I only said that because many on the team builds dedicated crunchers. And I mean....Why not take a free OS? In this world we live in rigth now, with finacial crisis and high unemployment rates - I can for the love of god not understand why Linux has not caugth the "masses"...You canīt beat FREE!
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