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VP9KS
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Is there anyone out there running the Seti at Home sortware in linux. I have version 8 running in win 7, but I haven't tried it in Mint Cinnamon 17.3 as yet.
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ryanvade
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I haven't tried it. There isn't even an AUR package for it.
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VP9KS
Guest
Let me be more concise. What I have is a computer with a CORE 2 DUO E5800, & 4GB of RAM. 
I have 2 drive caddies for this hardware. One drive caddy has the 32 bit WIN 7 operating system, BOINC version 8 application, with SETI@HOME selected as the service to process work units for. This drive is running work units as I am typing this. The other drive caddy has 32 bit Mint Cinnamon 17.3 installed on it. My intent is to determine which of the 2 operating systems will process work units more quickly, and that is what I will use. I am hoping that Mint will win out, but first I must get the BOINC application up and running in Mint, so that I may evaluate its performance as compared with Win 7. According to the Berkley web site, Linux is the native system for BOINC, so we shall see. Stay tuned sports fans!! This may take a while, but I love challenge.
Paul
I have 2 drive caddies for this hardware. One drive caddy has the 32 bit WIN 7 operating system, BOINC version 8 application, with SETI@HOME selected as the service to process work units for. This drive is running work units as I am typing this. The other drive caddy has 32 bit Mint Cinnamon 17.3 installed on it. My intent is to determine which of the 2 operating systems will process work units more quickly, and that is what I will use. I am hoping that Mint will win out, but first I must get the BOINC application up and running in Mint, so that I may evaluate its performance as compared with Win 7. According to the Berkley web site, Linux is the native system for BOINC, so we shall see. Stay tuned sports fans!! This may take a while, but I love challenge.Paul
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ryanvade
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Sounds interesting.Let me be more concise. What I have is a computer with a CORE 2 DUO E5800, & 4GB of RAM.
Paul
I also found an Arch Package. It helps if you look in the right location.
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/i686/boinc/
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DeMus
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Have used it on Mint but stopped doing so because the fan on the graphics card was almost taking off. I used the CUDA drivers to use the GPU to process the data, which is so much faster than using the normal CPU.
But things run very well on Mint, as does almost everything.
But things run very well on Mint, as does almost everything.
EmptyKoolAidCup
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I have moved my effort/herd back over to SETI@home and into the Linux team effort. Hope others will come back, over or sign up so we can help this iconic project fulfill its destiny amongst the stars! I plan on building another, newer research machine for the effort this Summer.
i have Lubuntu 18.04 running with latest BOINC. 17.10 worked as well. I don't see much difference between linux, win7 and win10. Big difference with even an old (1.1 or 1.2 cc) Nvidia board and SETI. There are some new caveats with older GPUs with new drivers and the Astropulse variant of SETI suite. Read the performance section of the main forum for details. HTH chuckLet me be more concise. What I have is a computer with a CORE 2 DUO E5800, & 4GB of RAM.
Paul
Crikey, yet another 60-plusser joins the ranks ... I do believe we are going to rule the world
Welcome Chuck
Hey Paul, update your own Thread ... are you still running the SETI stuff?
Cheers all
Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
Welcome Chuck
Hey Paul, update your own Thread ... are you still running the SETI stuff?
Cheers all
Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
Crikey, yet another 60-plusser joins the ranks ... I do believe we are going to rule the world
Welcome Chuck
Hey Paul, update your own Thread ... are you still running the SETI stuff?
Cheers all
Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
Dear wiz,
Glad to be of some assistance. I used to do router software regression testing for cisco, so I am a bit of an instrumentation junkie. Also get a charge from rescuing old computers from the transfer station. I figure this stuff is better for fighting off old age dementia, which seems to run in the family. Plus I cant stand the direction MS is taking with windoze. I am a noob BOINC tester so
have a lot to learn.
For the gent with redline fan noise: install psensor to have a look at fan speeds. Then use BOINC to regulate cpu utilization lower, to keep temp below critical. Your GPU util. (if you have one) may also be tweaked lower. For example, the gforce experience app that comes with nvidia gpu drivers lets you tweak all sorts of parms to keep heat (thus fan speeds) in a safer range. HTH, chuck, maine, usa
Just be aware that that Post is from over 2 and a half years ago, suspect he found a solution, since
Psensor is a good product, though. Its developer, Jean-Philippe Orsini, went by the handle "JeanFi" at a forum I used to use.
Cheers
Wizard
