I have a couple of old PCs that I want to use exclusively for BOINC. Previously I was running BOINC under Ubuntu, but since I don't use those PCs anymore, I see no need to have a GUI and other services using up RAM and CPU power that could otherwise be dedicated to crunching. However, I am not too skilled at command-line linux.

Does anyone have a custom linux distro optimized solely for running BOINC that I could install with minimal hassle?

I have several 32-bit x86 machines and a couple of G4 Power Macs (I realize the power macs have fewer projects available and may be harder to set up).

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There's Dotsch_UX although I don't know if it can be installed because I haven't explored it. Won't work on your PPC Macs tho.

What about something like DSL? Or Puppy Linux. I believe those both come with a desktop environment, but are lighter than other distros.

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Kathryn :o)

I have several 32-bit x86 machines and a couple of G4 Power Macs (I realize the power macs have fewer projects available and may be harder to set up).

In the moment, there are three projects (SETI, SIMAP and Superlink) which supports Linux on PPC. MacOS PPC would be supported by a lot of more projects (about 15 to 20 projects). So MacOS could be eventualy a alternative to Linux on PPC. The most projects support MacOS 10.3.9 or 10.4.x.

I have several 32-bit x86 machines and a couple of G4 Power Macs (I realize the power macs have fewer projects available and may be harder to set up).

In the moment, there are three projects (SETI, SIMAP and Superlink) which supports Linux on PPC. MacOS PPC would be supported by a lot of more projects (about 15 to 20 projects). So MacOS could be eventualy a alternative to Linux on PPC. The most projects support MacOS 10.3.9 or 10.4.x.

Yes, but I would have to pay for Mac OS. I said I had the machines, not the OS. That's why I'm only concerned with Linux. ;)

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