[FreedomGuru]

Hi all, New folder on board, since I don't fold my laundry.
1 question is there a real difference in the console or graphical clients?
I've got my 2nd computer folding, don't use it too much anymore.

[ken in texas]

1 question is there a real difference in the console or graphical clients?

There's a slight difference, but I would suggest that it probably doesn't matter much in the long run.

The graphical client is a bit easier to set up, so that might be your best course of action. If you're comfortable with working with the DOS command line, go ahead and try the console version. I'm running the GUI version on 4 machines right now... never a problem.

[texas booster]

I always ask that new folders start with the GUI version. It is easy to install and has pretty pictures of molecules.

The GUI will interfere with many Windows games. More exactly Microsoft's OpenGL will interfere with F@H, so just right click and pause or stop the folding, and restart when you are finished with the game.

F@H should be thought of as a screen saver rather than a stand alone program. It works when nothing else does. If you have a computer that just sits idle, F@H is a perfect way to use the idle system 100% of the time.

I normally jump to the console version with folks who play lots of games or have multiple people logged onto the computer. The only complaint of the GUI is that it only folds when the user is actually logged in, so it is possible to lose a days' worth of folding when you are not logged in.

[texas booster]

Congrats on your first work unit being completed for 186 points.

Showed up on the charts during the 9:00 am update.

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=207376

please ping us if you have questions on the setup of your second system.