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King Leo Send message Joined: 14 Apr 07 Posts: 49 Credit: 2,271,270 RAC: 0 |
I want to install ubuntu as my operating system, but am new to the environment. How would I go about installing the Linux version of seti to this operating system? |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
So you've installed Ubuntu? Do that first. In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
King Leo Send message Joined: 14 Apr 07 Posts: 49 Credit: 2,271,270 RAC: 0 |
Yes I have installed ubuntu, and I have downloaded the stable version of linux. When I attempt to open the downloaded file it keeps asking me for the program to use to open the file. This is where I get lost. I have no experience using ubuntu or how to manage programs on its file system, but I want to get away from windows and need all the help I can get. Thanks. |
Dotsch Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 2422 Credit: 919,393 RAC: 0 |
Please have a look at the detailed Linux installation howto in the inoffical BOINC wiki http://www.boinc-wiki.info/Installing_The_BOINC_Client_Software_on_Linux Btw. I have made a special BOINC distribution (Dotsch/UX), based on Ubuntu. It includes the BOINC client and is a little bit more specialized for BOINC, than Ubunutu. Eventualy a alternative... Downloadable at http://www.dotsch.de/Dotsch_UX |
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