VM apps are automatically 'restartable'.Virtual machines provide a very strong security barrier a program running in a virtual machine has no access to the files on the 'host' operating system. It provides increased security for volunteers.It makes it easier for scientists to develop applications for BOINC, since they no longer have to build and maintain versions of their programs for Windows and Mac.The use of virtualization in BOINC provides several advantages: Otherwise, BOINC will not be able to detect the presence of VirtualBox. Of BOINC that matches your version of Windows - use 64-bit BOINC onĦ4-bit versions of Windows, 32-bit BOINC on 32-bit versions of Windows. If you are running Windows, it is essential that you install a version We recommend the VirtualBox version that is included in the recommendedīOINC Windows installer, since newer VirtualBox versions could not work You can also install VirtualBox separately. Starting with version 7.2.28, the recommended BOINC installer for Windows To run VM apps, your computer must have VirtualBox installed. Which is open-source software maintained and distributed by Oracle. On their preferred operating system (usually Linux)Īnd then run them on volunteered Windows and Mac computers.īOINC's virtualization support uses a system called VirtualBox, Given the benefits, we encourage you to install VirtualBoxīOINC uses virtualization to allow scientists to develop applications

Or to reboot when switching between the OSes. With no need to install Linux separately on the hard drive, Virtualization is a software technique that allows a computer to runĪ different operating system within a self-contained 'virtual machine' (VM).įor example, this allows a Windows computer to run Linux,

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