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Last edit, formatting. Created this page to inform others how to install BOINC and WCG to use the server for humanitarian purposes.
==Introduction==
[http://boinc.berkeley.edu/ BOINC] is an application that uses your server's idle computer time to process information sent to it from other servers that you signed up to, in order to do many types of scientific research. These may range from climate change to artificial intelligence, humanitarian research, and even the [http://lhcathome.cern.ch/ LHC accelerator].
A perhaps more well known project would be the [http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ World Community Grid]. The World Community Grid researches ways to cure cancer, and sends computers protein structures to analyze. After analysis, computers send back the results and the WCG servers try to "piece them together". [http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/research/hfcc/overview.do WCG details], and [http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/research/hfcc/faq.do WCG FAQ] can be found at these links.
==Troubleshooting==
* '''My manager is open, but it refuses to receive anything'''
** In my case, this was a result of not having the server itself running. To resolve, go to System-->Administration-->Services. Once the window shows up, click on 'boinc-client', and then "Enable" and after that "Start" it. Your server should now be receiving projects from the groups you signed up to.
