Yes sir, looks like it. The memo did not seem to get through as there are more today. I guess it will all sort out. Just releieved my stack is OK, I guess.
Can somebody recommend a well Boinc supported Distribution even
in View of using a GTX GPU?
BR
DMmdL
I use Ubuntu server on my headless crunchers and Mint on everything else. Ubuntu Mate is also nice. The desktop is mostly just personal preferences. I just like Debian based Linux distros. Usually I do not have much trouble with Nvidia GPUs under Linux. When I have google has found a remedy.
Thanks. My late reply was due to getting a new right. hip on 8/23, Tues. Got home Thursday and moving around quite well. They have certainly made advances in the orthopedic world. Opps. I am drifting off topic. I feel that the spring loaded USB board will work well for my application but in a car/tank type of application they could prove to be problematic.
Can somebody recommend a well Boinc supported Distribution even
in View of using a GTX GPU?
BR
DMmdL
I use Ubuntu server on my headless crunchers and Mint on everything else. Ubuntu Mate is also nice. The desktop is mostly just personal preferences. I just like Debian based Linux distros. Usually I do not have much trouble with Nvidia GPUs under Linux. When I have google has found a remedy.
Cheers!
I run Ubuntu on all of my crunching machines and have been quite pleased with its stability and support. As for GPU support it seems to be quite good with Nvidia, BUT to believe that you will never have an issue is a bit too optimistic. I have had an issue occasionally but there are enough users here to help you sort it out. If you decide on Ubuntu get the lastest release. Ubuntu Mate is for the single board computers so be sure the download the correct distro for your PC/application.
I would certainly agree with with robl and poppageek.
Just perhaps a clarification, there are many running releases of most distros, and many have short support lifetimes. For example Ubuntu Lifecycle If your *x skills are good, and you have time to work on the leading edge and upgrade the OS every six months then do so, but you need to verify all the components you need, work each time.
If you want a set and forget for a few years - take the latest LTS approach in Ubuntu.
I believe 16.04 LTS repo - boinc is at 7.6.31 - which is fairly recent - looking here
Finally the case with AMD (not relevant to this thread) is a little more complicated at the moment.
Not quite sure what you mean by "cluster", i am guessing you are asking
Will boinc run on the ubuntu 16.04 LTS server version?
The answer is yes but you will need to run everything (boinc / package installs / system and file management) via command line, there is no graphical user interface. If you are not confident with that then you need to use the desktop version which bundles a few useful utilities. Good luck.
The big difference between the desktop and server editions is the server does not come with any graphical programs, no desktop, X, office programs or the like. It does have most if not all the usual server programs, httpd, ftp and the like. As AgentB said everything is done at the command line or you can use something like BoincTasks to manage boinc after it has been installed and Boinc configured at the command line.
Advantage to using server is mostly nothing else asking for cpu time, disk space or memory. It is a "quiet" system for Boinc to utilize maximum resources. Dedicated crunchers do not need spreadsheet or word processors. While I have heard there are ways to still run X and graphics drivers without a desktop I know nothing about it. I just use a desktop for GPU crunching.
you can export the display of X apps assuming you have something to accept the display on the other machine. Xming works decently.
X also has a "remote desktop" protocol XDMCP that you can connect to.
you dont need a full Xwindows session open to export displays. just some core libraries. its useful when the app wants you to have a display for installation/config (oracle used to require it not sure if it still does)
ubuntu is probably the easiest to get up and running as there are prebuilt .deb files for everything you need. fedora is a close second.
Im running on centos 7. it required compiling the kernel modules for nvidia as well as the boinc client. not all that hard but not as easy as apt-get stuff....
i always use the minimal installs and just install the required packages for whatever task. the boinccmd will get you connected to your projects or boincstats and you can use the boincmgr from whatever your primary desktop is to connect and control the headless box. theres no need for X at all for a pure cruncher. the kernel drivers are all that is needed.
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Yes sir, looks like it. The memo did not seem to get through as there are more today. I guess it will all sort out. Just releieved my stack is OK, I guess.
Thank you for the link! :-)
Hi Folks, I want to install
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Hi Folks,
I want to install two pc's with Linux.
Can somebody recommend a well Boinc supported Distribution even
in View of using a GTX GPU?
BR
DMmdL
Greetings from the North
Der Mann mit der Ledertasche
)
I use Ubuntu server on my headless crunchers and Mint on everything else. Ubuntu Mate is also nice. The desktop is mostly just personal preferences. I just like Debian based Linux distros. Usually I do not have much trouble with Nvidia GPUs under Linux. When I have google has found a remedy.
Cheers!
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@pg3.14
Thanks. My late reply was due to getting a new right. hip on 8/23, Tues. Got home Thursday and moving around quite well. They have certainly made advances in the orthopedic world. Opps. I am drifting off topic. I feel that the spring loaded USB board will work well for my application but in a car/tank type of application they could prove to be problematic.
poppageek wrote:Der Mann mit
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I run Ubuntu on all of my crunching machines and have been quite pleased with its stability and support. As for GPU support it seems to be quite good with Nvidia, BUT to believe that you will never have an issue is a bit too optimistic. I have had an issue occasionally but there are enough users here to help you sort it out. If you decide on Ubuntu get the lastest release. Ubuntu Mate is for the single board computers so be sure the download the correct distro for your PC/application.
I would certainly agree with
)
I would certainly agree with with robl and poppageek.
Just perhaps a clarification, there are many running releases of most distros, and many have short support lifetimes. For example Ubuntu Lifecycle If your *x skills are good, and you have time to work on the leading edge and upgrade the OS every six months then do so, but you need to verify all the components you need, work each time.
If you want a set and forget for a few years - take the latest LTS approach in Ubuntu.
I believe 16.04 LTS repo - boinc is at 7.6.31 - which is fairly recent - looking here
Finally the case with AMD (not relevant to this thread) is a little more complicated at the moment.
thx for all the replies, one
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thx for all the replies,
one last question i have.
It's possible to build a cluster with the last server lts version?
br
DMmdL
Greetings from the North
Not quite sure what you mean
)
Not quite sure what you mean by "cluster", i am guessing you are asking
Will boinc run on the ubuntu 16.04 LTS server version?
The answer is yes but you will need to run everything (boinc / package installs / system and file management) via command line, there is no graphical user interface. If you are not confident with that then you need to use the desktop version which bundles a few useful utilities. Good luck.
The big difference between
)
The big difference between the desktop and server editions is the server does not come with any graphical programs, no desktop, X, office programs or the like. It does have most if not all the usual server programs, httpd, ftp and the like. As AgentB said everything is done at the command line or you can use something like BoincTasks to manage boinc after it has been installed and Boinc configured at the command line.
Advantage to using server is mostly nothing else asking for cpu time, disk space or memory. It is a "quiet" system for Boinc to utilize maximum resources. Dedicated crunchers do not need spreadsheet or word processors. While I have heard there are ways to still run X and graphics drivers without a desktop I know nothing about it. I just use a desktop for GPU crunching.
Hope that helps. Cheers!
you can export the display of
)
you can export the display of X apps assuming you have something to accept the display on the other machine. Xming works decently.
X also has a "remote desktop" protocol XDMCP that you can connect to.
you dont need a full Xwindows session open to export displays. just some core libraries. its useful when the app wants you to have a display for installation/config (oracle used to require it not sure if it still does)
ubuntu is probably the easiest to get up and running as there are prebuilt .deb files for everything you need. fedora is a close second.
Im running on centos 7. it required compiling the kernel modules for nvidia as well as the boinc client. not all that hard but not as easy as apt-get stuff....
i always use the minimal installs and just install the required packages for whatever task. the boinccmd will get you connected to your projects or boincstats and you can use the boincmgr from whatever your primary desktop is to connect and control the headless box. theres no need for X at all for a pure cruncher. the kernel drivers are all that is needed.