Just a comment: or BOINC? (I set it up once on an LTSP client, using local HDD... but then I upgraded LTSP, changed the client.) Sorry for TOP post -- Zs
On Wed, 1 Mar 2017, Joseph Bishay wrote: > For some time I've been running Folding@Home on my home computer. As > described on Ubuntu's site, "Folding@Home (F@H) is a distributed > computing project by Stanford University for simulating protein > folding and other molecular dynamics with the goal of understanding > protein folding, misfolding, and related diseases." Source: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoldingAtHomeTeamUbuntu/HowTo > > It's similar to the SETI@home project. It sits in the background and > uses spare CPU cycles to do the calculations and send the results back > to Stanford. I feel it is a worthwhile endeavour and I am wondering > if I can get it running on all the ltsp clients in our building. Many > times these machines are on but not logged in and are ideal for such a > task. > > There is a linux version of Folding@Home found at: > https://folding.stanford.edu/home/guide/linux-install-guide/ > > Ubuntu has the aforementioned page that describes how to install it > via command line using a program called Origami. The part of the > description that made me think of LTSP is where it said: " It can > install the client to the local machine or to remote machines with > root SSH access" > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoldingAtHomeTeamUbuntu/HowTo > > I searched online and found some others who had tried this, but many > describe the process for much older versions of LTSP years ago (some > over a decade!). I am not sure how it would be done now. > > Has anyone done this or is interested in doing this? I'm looking for > any guidance on how to proceed please. I imagine it would involve > installing F@H into the thin/fat client image and then pushing it out, > but how would it run if no one is logged into the client? It has to > start up automatically as soon as the thin client boots up. > > Thanks! > Joseph ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
