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The current distribution of BOINC software in Debian has its focus on the client. There is a preliminary package also for the server side recently created, called `boinc-server-maker` that was just accepted for the Debian experimental distribution. However we still need individuals to test that package and further smoothen the experience with it.
The current distribution of BOINC software in Debian has its focus on the client. There is a preliminary package also for the server side offered since late 2010, called `boinc-server-maker`. However we still need individuals to test that package and further smoothen the experience with it.
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From the Debian's 2010 Google Code-in (GCI) student project this the server package itself and this description Explicit instructions to get the skeleton of a BOINC package going with the boinc-server-make package are given on
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for running a BOINC server on Debian was evolving. This shall develop further towards the running of projects. It was seeded through Debian's participation in the 2010 Google Code-in (GCI) and is developed further thanks to the respective Google Summer of Code project in 2011.
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This page is intended to help organising the development of the server package, for which also ''your'' help on make whatever front is much appreciated. For a start, this page gathers rather general information about setting up BOINC servers on Debian. This page is intended to help organising the development of the server package, for which also ''your'' help for all technical issues and beyond is much appreciated. For a start, this page gathers rather general information about setting up BOINC servers on Debian.

BOINC - Server Notes

The current distribution of BOINC software in Debian has its focus on the client. There is a preliminary package also for the server side offered since late 2010, called boinc-server-maker. However we still need individuals to test that package and further smoothen the experience with it.

1. Instructions

Explicit instructions to get the skeleton of a BOINC package going with the boinc-server-make package are given on

It was seeded through Debian's participation in the 2010 Google Code-in (GCI) and is developed further thanks to the respective Google Summer of Code project in 2011.

2. References

This page is intended to help organising the development of the server package, for which also your help for all technical issues and beyond is much appreciated. For a start, this page gathers rather general information about setting up BOINC servers on Debian.

Links to documentation about setting up a BOINC server:

3. Back to