BOINC

Version 5, 64-bit

Application Details:

Version:	5.x (64-bit)
License:	Open Source
URL:	http://boinc.berkeley.edu/
Votes:	0
Latest Rating:	Silver
Latest Wine Version Tested:	1.7.33

Maintainers: About Maintainership

Ken Sharp

Free Download Version 5.9.4 (64-bit)

Test Results

Old test results

The test results for this version are very old, and as such they may not represent the current state of Wine. Please consider submitting a new test report.

Selected Test Results

What works

Single user install.
Shared install.
Proxy detected from environment.
4x Milkyway@Home WUs completed and validated.
boincmgr (local and remote).
boinccmd (remote).
Uninstall, though it claims to be upgrading.

What does not

BOINC detects incorrect CPU details (running a Xeon but detects a P4).
Priority (niceness) not set.
Printing the licence agreement fails and wordpad remains in memory.
Service install. The installer asks for credentials. Entering the details (faked seen as it's Wine) and pressing Next doesn't do anything.

Workarounds

What was not tested

Upgrade.
Anything multi-core or multi-threaded (don't know if possible in this version) though both processors were used simultaneously by different WUs.
Other projects.
Attaching to project manager.
Screensaver.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

GPU:
Driver:

Additional Comments

There may be an alignment issue in "Simple view" with the boxes. The installer appears to be 32-bit and even installs in "Program Files (x86)". I don't think the 5.x 64-bit branch were ever released as stable. It is able to process 64-bit WUs. Tested using X over SSH. No overrides. BOINC 5.9.4 MilkyWay@Home 1.00 windows_x86_64 Milkyway@Home Separation (Modified Fit) 1.36 windows_x86_64 MilkyWay@Home N-Body Simulation 1.46 windows_x86_64

selected in Test Results table below

	Operating system	Test date	Wine version	Installs?	Runs?	Used Workaround?	Rating	Submitter
Current	Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)	Jan 11 2015	1.7.33	Yes	Yes		Silver	Ken Sharp

Known Bugs

Bug #	Description	Status	Resolution	Other apps affected
26549	Add support for setting processor priority (niceness)	NEW		View
31848	Printing from command line not implemented in Wordpad	NEW		View
37833	BOINC uninstaller claims to be upgrading	NEW		View

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HowTo / Notes

BOINC is available for your platform

BOINC is available for a wide array of platforms, and a lot of platforms are supported by the projects. You are probably better off asking a project to support your platform than using Wine to translate Windows calls.

It should be possible to use a native BOINC and run a Windows executable with Wine if absolutely necessary.

Test results for BOINC are still welcome as they help developers with Wine.

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