Had no idea there was a special linux. Just installed 18.04 on a replacement build. Will have to download the app soon and give it a try. Never used linux before, this will be different for me for sure!

You might want to read this thread. Setting up Linux to crunch CUDA90 and above for Windows users

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You might want to read this thread. Setting up Linux to crunch CUDA90 and above for Windows users

And do feel free to ask questions, several people here(including myself) have gone down this road and will I am sure be willing to help.

You might want to read this thread. Setting up Linux to crunch CUDA90 and above for Windows users

And do feel free to ask questions, several people here(including myself) have gone down this road and will I am sure be willing to help.

I did not get too far, haha. Got everything up and running, did all the updates I could easily do. Cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the gpu driver. https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=81271&postid=1860293#1860293 is this post still applicable? Specifically the last part where Stephen mentions the gpu drivers. I want to double check, before I start using code. If you check my computers list, at the moment there is no GPU listed for the linux machine. :x

(edit)https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-prorad-lin-18-40 Hoping these drivers will work for me

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update

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It looks like you are trying to run AMD gpus? The special app is only for Nvidia cards. I think the latest best advice for installing AMD drivers in Ubuntu is over at Einstein. I have this note copied from a forum thread there.

I did this from (L)Ubuntu 18.04

From the AMD drivers download page,
https://www.amd.com/en/support
I entered my GPU model (RX 570) and got to here:
https://www.amd.com/en/support/graphics/radeon-500-series/radeon-rx-500-series/radeon-rx-570

It doesn't seem to matter the exact GPU model, because the drivers work fine for my RX 460, but you do need to enter some model to get to the driver page.

From the Ubuntu x86 64-bit section you download the Ubuntu 18.04.1 driver tar.gz file (the AMDGPU graphics stack). On that web page the link for installation instructions link is:
https://amdgpu-install.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
I didn't read the instructions at first (typical!) and instead just poked around in the unzipped folder and clicked on what turned out to be the installer script (can't remember the exact file name), and off it went.

After that was done, I then read the installation instructions (of course!) and on the "Using the amdgpu-install Script" page saw an option for installing OpenCL. So I did like they said and from within the AMD graphics stack directory used the terminal to:
$ ./amdgpu-install -y --opencl=legacy

When I initially (blindly) double clicked on the amdgpu installer I think I invoked the amdpgu-install script, not the amdgpu-pro-install script. If so, then I must have installed the All-Open stack, which included Mesa OpenGL and Mesa multimedia, but not OpenCL, hence my separate installation of OpenCL. From AMD's instructions, invoking the amdgpu-pro script installs the Pro Stack, which includes Pro OpenGL, Pro OpenCL, and Pro Vulcan (Pro OpenCL supports Vega 10 and later). I guess those are all AMD proprietary drivers? Several web discussions I had read seem to have a dim view of AMDGPU-Pro, so maybe using AMD's All-Open stack is the trick.

You have to make sure you get the OpenCL stack for the AMD drivers to run the AMD gpus since the SoG app is OpenCL based. You might want to read through this thread:
https://einsteinathome.org/content/quick-guide-how-install-opencl-amd-gpus-linux-kubuntu-1804-and-similar-distro

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update

Don't think he has any Nvidia cards. Only AMD cards so the ppa won't help him.

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update

Don't think he has any Nvidia cards. Only AMD cards so the ppa won't help him.

Yeah, did not realize that at all! I will have to try the linux app in a week or so...after I can grab a cheap 1060. Thanks for the help!

Can anybody recommend a good Linux book, one that will go from complete beginner to reasonably competent is what I'm looking for.

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Metal Detecting

You probably could start at the itsfoss.com website. Lots of tips and tricks for beginners and development news in general but not so hard core as phoronix.com.
https://itsfoss.com/

They have a page of eBooks about Linux that you probably could find a beginners guide in the selection.
https://itsfoss.tradepub.com/category/information-technology-servers-and-linux-server-os/806/

I got the ten-steps-to-linux-survival.pdf ebook and the howlinuxworks.pdf ebook from the website.

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The special app is available here;

http://www.arkayn.us/lunatics/BOINC.7z

It is a "fully working" install and only requires you unzip it into the folder of your choice. I use the Home folder

However if you have any problems ask here I guarantee someone will know the answer .

This app is not working for me. I have tried to run it, binstall.sh, but it just says that there is no folder BOINC to cd to. I am using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

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The special app is available here;

http://www.arkayn.us/lunatics/BOINC.7z

It is a "fully working" install and only requires you unzip it into the folder of your choice. I use the Home folder

However if you have any problems ask here I guarantee someone will know the answer .

This app is not working for me. I have tried to run it, binstall.sh, but it just says that there is no folder BOINC to cd to. I am using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

What is not working? The BOINC client when double-clicking the boincmgr file? Or that binstall.sh file is not autostarting BOINC when the system is started or rebooted? Did you change the name of the BOINC folder? The binstall.sh script expects to find the BOINC folder as how the archive named it after unpacking.

What kinds of error messages do you see? Are the executables marked to allow execution? They would be if you just unpacked the AIO installer archive into your /home directory somewhere. If you unpacked the archive someplace else like another computer and copied the folder over, the execution bit gets turned off when copied. You need to check the properties of both boinc and boincmgr to make sure they are set for execution.

Have you checked for missing dependencies of both boinc and boincmgr? What distro are you attempting to use?

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This app is not working for me. I have tried to run it, binstall.sh, but it just says that there is no folder BOINC to cd to. I am using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

The binstall.sh file is only useful to set the correct path in the two files run_client & run_manager which are only used to Autostart the Apps. You can manually set the path in those files without running binstall.sh. The binstall.sh expects to find the BOINC folder in your Home folder, apparently BOINC is Not in Your Home folder. Simply drag and drop the BOINC folder to the Home listing in the sidebar. Once in your Home folder, open the BOINC folder and double-click on boincmgr to manually start the Boinc Manager.

This app is not working for me. I have tried to run it, binstall.sh, but it just says that there is no folder BOINC to cd to. I am using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

The binstall.sh file is only useful to set the correct path in the two files run_client & run_manager which are only used to Autostart the Apps. You can manually set the path in those files without running binstall.sh. The binstall.sh expects to find the BOINC folder in your Home folder, apparently BOINC is Not in Your Home folder. Simply drag and drop the BOINC folder to the Home listing in the sidebar. Once in your Home folder, open the BOINC folder and double-click on boincmgr to manually start the Boinc Manager.

Thank you, TBar! I have moved BOINC-folder to the correct location and edited the files manually. It seems to work perfectly now.

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