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+The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC)
+
+BOINC is an open source middleware system for volunteer and grid computing.
+It was originally developed to support the SETI@home project before it became
+useful as a platform for other distributed applications in areas as diverse as
+mathematics, medicine, molecular biology, climatology, and astrophysics. The
+intent of BOINC is to make it possible for researchers to tap into the
+enormous processing power of personal computers around the world.
+
+Use the idle time on your computer (Windows, Mac, or Linux) to cure diseases,
+study global warming, discover pulsars, and do many other types of scientific
+research. It's safe, secure, and easy.
+
+
+Building
+
+(1) BOINC needs a static library for wxGTK3, compile with
+
+  STATIC=yes ./wxGTK3.SlackBuild
+
+(2) Edit DATADIR in the script or run
+
+  DATADIR="/home/<user>/.boinc_data" ./boinc.Slackbuild
+
+to set the data directory in your user's home and build the package.
+
+(3) If you do not wish to build the boincmgr GUI,
+
+  BOINCMGR=no ./boinc.SlackBuild
+
+then you do not need to install the dependencies (webp, webkit, wxGTK3).
+
+
+After installation
+
+After installation you need to join a BOINC project:
+  http://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php
+
+You can then connect the BOINC to the project of your choice.  You can
+also use:
+  http://boincstats.com/
+to set up, organize, and track multiple projects.
+
+To start the BOINC GUI, run:
+   boincgui
+or
+   boincmgr --clientdir=/usr/bin --datadir="/home/<user>/.boinc_data"