How do I put a link which will open BOINC Manager on the desktop or whatever that is called on a Linux system?

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In reply to adrianxw's message of 3 Nov 2025:

How do I put a link which will open BOINC Manager on the desktop or whatever that is called on a Linux system?

Normally Linux installs BOINC as a service which starts automatically on boot.

If you have changed this then you can add an icon to the task bar by starting it then right clicking the icon and selecting pin to Panel.

If you really want it on the desktop then open the main menu so that you can see the BOINC Manager icon, right click on it d select Add to Deektop

Yes, Windows also runs the BOINC core at boot time as a service, and crunching begins as normal. BOINC Manager does not run though, I start it when I need it, and can close it when I'm done, doing whatever was required, I have an icon on my desktop which allows me to do this.
The Linux machine also starts crunching when I boot it. It is when I need to adjust a priority, add, remove, suspend, un-suspend etc. etc. I need to start the manager.. I have, by experiment, found a way of doing this, which will suffice. I have not used a Unix system for decades.

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In reply to adrianxw's message of 4 Nov 2025:

Yes, Windows also runs the BOINC core at boot time as a service, and crunching begins as normal. BOINC Manager does not run though, I start it when I need it, and can close it when I'm done, doing whatever was required, I have an icon on my desktop which allows me to do this.
The Linux machine also starts crunching when I boot it. It is when I need to adjust a priority, add, remove, suspend, un-suspend etc. etc. I need to start the manager.. I have, by experiment, found a way of doing this, which will suffice. I have not used a Unix system for decades.

I just do that from the main menu - too lazy to add an icon to the desktop or the toolbar.

Depends on the Linux distribution. If the Manager app can be pinned to the Panel or Dock, that is the simplest. Your distro might rely on a Desktop file (.desktop) that can be written and placed in the /home/.local/share/applications folder so it can be accessed by user via the desktop and also thrown into /usr/share/applications to cover all bases. That is where an app that gets installed by root normally places a desktop file.

If you run the client locally as user and not as root, this is what you have to do to get access via the Desktop.

I use this desktop file for the Manager on my hosts.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=BOINC Manager
Exec=/home/keith/Desktop/BOINC/boincmgr
Path=/home/keith/Desktop/BOINC
Icon=/home/keith/Desktop/BOINC/boincmgr.32x32.png
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=Boincmgr