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Folding@home is a client
program that attempts to simulate the folding of proteins . Normally this
would take a super-computer with tons of horse power , costing millions of
dollars . Through distributed computing, tens of thousands of cpu's
are linked together . Why is this relevant you might ask ? The
relationship between proteins folding and many diseases is still not
understood , although they are known to be linked . So if you have
some spare cpu cycles , you can download the client for a windows ,
mac , or Linux OS from the link above .....and save the world The team I belong to (the [H]orde) happens to be in first place . I've been folding with various windoze and Linux clients for a couple of months on 2 computers , and I'm reaching 300th place on my team . In the quest for a higher score , I came across Overfoldix . It's a Linux shell that runs from the CDROM and requires no hard drive . It only needs 128mb of ram to run . The only shortfall , was it only folded for team 32/Overclockers.com (currently in 3rd place) . Until I found these instructions which enabled me to change the default username & team . I'm not going to go into how I made the disk because this link pretty much covers it . I'll have to admit , being a Linux noob , it took me a couple of days to get it right . If you'd like to fold for the [H]ardOCP team follow the instructions below .
This will not wipe out your hard-drive and can be used with any CPU that has a Mandrake supported nic card with an always on connection . I'll be updating this file with revision history below NONE YET !!!!
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HERE [H]ard1 18mb Get the standard client here
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A folded
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windows client looks like
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More foldedge
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