Not sure what I'm doing wrong but I've followed the install directions mutable times with no success.
In window attempted docker install, and I'm not a nood BTW, been using BOINC since early seti days.
Seems to be running but none of the docker stuff looks right, and having issues with following preferences on every PC, Linux Mint, Windows, Garuda.

10/7/2025 5:15:56 PM | | cc_config.xml not found - using defaults
10/7/2025 5:15:56 PM | | Starting BOINC client version 8.2.4 for windows_x86_64
10/7/2025 5:15:56 PM | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
10/7/2025 5:15:56 PM | | Libraries: libcurl/8.14.1-DEV Schannel zlib/1.3.1
10/7/2025 5:15:56 PM | | Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
10/7/2025 5:15:56 PM | | Running under account Keith
10/7/2025 5:15:56 PM | | CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 0: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (driver version 581.42, CUDA version 13.0, compute capability 6.1, 2.00GB, 2.00GB available, 1127 GFLOPS peak)
10/7/2025 5:15:56 PM | | OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (driver version 581.42, device version OpenCL 3.0 CUDA, 2.00GB, 2.00GB available, 1127 GFLOPS peak)
10/7/2025 5:15:58 PM | | Docker detection in Ubuntu:
10/7/2025 5:15:58 PM | | - cmd: podman --version
10/7/2025 5:15:58 PM | | - output: /bin/bash: line 1: podman: command not found
10/7/2025 5:15:59 PM | | Docker detection in Ubuntu:
10/7/2025 5:15:59 PM | | - cmd: docker --version
10/7/2025 5:15:59 PM | | - output: /bin/bash: line 1: docker: command not found
10/7/2025 5:16:01 PM | | Windows processor group 0: 6 processors
10/7/2025 5:16:01 PM | | Computer name: Inspiron-3670
10/7/2025 5:16:01 PM | | Processor: 6 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9600K CPU @ 3.70GHz [Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 12]
10/7/2025 5:16:01 PM | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni pclmulqdq ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movebe popcnt aes f16c rdrandsyscall nx lm avx avx2 adx tm2 pbe fsgsbase bmi1 hle smep bmi2
10/7/2025 5:16:01 PM | | OS: Microsoft Windows 11: Core x64 Edition, (10.00.22621.00)
10/7/2025 5:16:01 PM | | Memory: 31.83 GB physical, 31.83 GB virtual
10/7/2025 5:16:01 PM | | Disk: 371.72 GB total, 126.01 GB free
10/7/2025 5:16:01 PM | | Local time is UTC -4 hours
10/7/2025 5:16:01 PM | | Usable WSL distros:
10/7/2025 5:16:01 PM | | - Ubuntu (WSL 2) (default)
10/7/2025 5:16:01 PM | | - OS: Ubuntu (Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS)
10/7/2025 5:16:01 PM | | - libc version: 2.39
10/7/2025 5:16:01 PM | | - boinc-buda-runner (WSL 2)
10/7/2025 5:16:01 PM | | - OS: Alpine Linux (Alpine Linux v3.22)
10/7/2025 5:16:01 PM | | - Docker version 5.6.1 (podman)

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Win11 x64-Asus AMD 2.7GHz-32GB-GT760
Garuda x64-Dell-i5-4.6GHz-32GB-GT1030
Mint 22.1-Xeon-2.6GHz-32GB-GT760

On another note this is the dual boot Windows 11 & Garuda x64-Dell-i5-4.6GHz-32GB-nVidia GT1030
BOINC client version 8.2.4 for windows_x86_64

I can provide other info if needed just let me know what info you need.

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Win11 x64-Asus AMD 2.7GHz-32GB-GT760
Garuda x64-Dell-i5-4.6GHz-32GB-GT1030
Mint 22.1-Xeon-2.6GHz-32GB-GT760

I failed with the instructions too but in my case, it may have been because Windows was running in a VM. It is known that docker and Virtual Box don't play well together so I am hanging off installing it in native Linux.

Well I have VM's, but none of these run in a VM, nor is it PC specific, tried it on Linux and Windows. CLANK!
Somebody should make a install for dummies I guess, BOINC gonna loose a lot users with all this probably. For sure I may just drop it all
as I am not risking burning up PC's because they won't stop running full blast if you don't suspend manually.

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Win11 x64-Asus AMD 2.7GHz-32GB-GT760
Garuda x64-Dell-i5-4.6GHz-32GB-GT1030
Mint 22.1-Xeon-2.6GHz-32GB-GT760

Then install Boinc without Docker - it’s not used and not needed.

There are instructions at BOINC Central project forums. The only open project to use Docker.

I recomment using this installer: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc-buda-runner-wsl-installer/releases
It will install a minimalistic WSL image that will be used by BOINC.

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