(WooHoo! TOP 250!) Free Republic Folders Search for a Cure for Cancer, Alzheimer's

I went searching for new stats and am amazed at the growth of the Free Republic Folders.

On our Christmas thread we met Mr. Klutz as he added his first systems, and with 11 systems folding was hoping to one day overtake Malsua. We had just broken Top 1200 and had finally gotten our 100th CPU. The DUmmies and the Kossacks started teams and were boasting about chasing us down.

If you remember all of these threads thank you very much for participating. If you have no idea what I am talking about PLEASE ask. This really is about aiding research to cure cancer, Alzheimer's and Lyme's Disease.

Please ping to join or drop our Folding ping list.

1 posted on 02/05/2006 7:51:15 PM PST by texas booster

To: 1066AD; A.Hun; Advil; aft_lizard; Alexander Rubin; aliquando; ambrose; amigatec; Andrewksu; ...

Calling all folders to settle up your bets on Super Bowl XXXXXL. Move those systems over to the other guy for a protein.

Ping List extraordinaire!

2 posted on 02/05/2006 7:54:53 PM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))

To: 1066AD; A.Hun; Advil; aft_lizard; Alexander Rubin; aliquando; ambrose; amigatec; Andrewksu; ...

Calling all folders to settle up your bets on Super Bowl XXXXXL. Move those systems over to the other guy for a protein.

Ping List extraordinaire!

3 posted on 02/05/2006 7:55:09 PM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))

Want to honor Ronald Reagan by "folding"? WATCH THIS

http://short-media.com/files/thraxfoldingflash/

Then join us!

4 posted on 02/05/2006 7:58:10 PM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)

To: texas booster

This week I am dedicating a system to GLDoug and one to GL_DAME, from the GetLoaded.com trucking website.

Thanks as always to the fine folks at GetLoaded.com. May you always drive with a tailwind.

5 posted on 02/05/2006 7:59:57 PM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))

To: texas booster

all of your folders belong to us

6 posted on 02/05/2006 8:01:45 PM PST by SirTaurus (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country!)

To: texas booster

I'm up to #69! HA! I love AMD CPUs! ...and they run even BETTER when they support a Linux system! :-)

7 posted on 02/05/2006 8:02:06 PM PST by hiredhand (My kitty disappeared. NOT the rifle!)

I have a laptop I was thinking about switching to Linux (well, it already has it installed, actually) for folding.. Does Linux show any performance improvement?

8 posted on 02/05/2006 8:04:38 PM PST by kingu (Liberalism: The art of sticking your fingers in your ears and going NANANANA..)

To: texas booster

I can't get that software to work on my computer. I'll join your group eventually if they come out with a new version that works for me.

9 posted on 02/05/2006 8:05:34 PM PST by faq

To: texas booster

10 posted on 02/05/2006 8:10:51 PM PST by SC Swamp Fox (Bush lied, people dyed....their fingers.)

What are you running? I have it running on XP Pro, Suse and OS X.

11 posted on 02/05/2006 8:11:09 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (What? Me worry?)

To: texas booster

I set up FrogDad's computer yesterday and it's folding its little heart out, along with mine.

Can't wait for it to finish its first WU. It was assigned one of those 12,500 frame jobs for its first assignment.

Woohoo!

12 posted on 02/05/2006 8:11:29 PM PST by FrogMom

To: texas booster

Still quietly washing, drying and folding.

13 posted on 02/05/2006 8:13:24 PM PST by Flyer (Send Beer)

To: texas booster

14 posted on 02/05/2006 8:14:11 PM PST by Klutz Dohanger (Folding - Help science, as you browse the web. Team#36120)

Are you folding for anyone?

If not pleae come join our merry band of rabble rousers.

Team 36120 is the real MVP of Super Bowl Sunday!

15 posted on 02/05/2006 8:19:16 PM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))

To: SC Swamp Fox

LOL...I'll be the first to say..."What the 'ell does the third graph say/mean" (in english).

Yeah, yeah I known I'm a numbskull....

16 posted on 02/05/2006 8:19:40 PM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)

To: VeniVidiVici

It also runs nicely on Server 2003, Server 2000, Advanced Server 2000, 2000 Professional, XP home, XP media center, XP Tablet edition, NT 4.1(sp5), Redhat, Fedora, and Lindows...

17 posted on 02/05/2006 8:23:16 PM PST by Klutz Dohanger (Folding - Help science, as you browse the web. Team#36120)

I wondered that myself, than said, self... a couple of beers ago, you might have worded an intelligible question.

GO STEELERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

18 posted on 02/05/2006 8:24:54 PM PST by Klutz Dohanger (Folding - Help science, as you browse the web. Team#36120)

WooHoo... when are you going to launch a slew of Tadpole folders?

19 posted on 02/05/2006 8:26:51 PM PST by Klutz Dohanger (Folding - Help science, as you browse the web. Team#36120)

It "could" give a performance boost, depending on CPU, memory, and video hardware. I've found that all in all, the most bang for the buck on the perform-o-meter (so to speak!) is realized with FreeBSD. But FreeBSD isn't quite "prime time" for desktop usage yet.

We use RedHat Linux ES-4 at work, but I run Debian Sarge (stable) on a laptop and a buddy of mine there runs RedHat Fedora Core 4. I think both are probably a good choice, although I really, REALLY like the "apt" applications for aptitude (for installtion, and updates).

So far I've installed Debian on half a dozen or so machines and with well over half of them, it auto discovered the video hardware and I didn't even have to build a custom XF86Config file! I've been impressed so far.

You'll most likely realize a performance increase with Linux on slightly older PC hardware, but even if it's no better "speedwise", it will be extremely stable!

Your question makes me wonder though if the MS-Win folding client runs any better than the Linux client. I don't have a Windows box to compare it to so I don't know. If you can find somebody running Windows on an AMD Athlon 2200+ with 1G of RAM, I'd be happy to turn over my stats so you can compare. :-)

20 posted on 02/05/2006 8:29:15 PM PST by hiredhand (My kitty disappeared. NOT the rifle!)

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