Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:09:05 -0500 From: Reid Linnemann <lreid@cs.okstate.edu> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is distribfold for folding@home? Message-ID: <46B0CC41.7080102@cs.okstate.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070801160845.GA35884@demeter.hydra> References: <20070801160845.GA35884@demeter.hydra>
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Written by Chad Perrin on 08/01/07 11:08>> > I see that there's both a distribfold and a linux-foldingathome in the > ports. The contents of pkg-descr say that distribfold is for > distributedfolding.org, but that doesn't seem accurate any longer, as > that domain appears to currently belong to a domain squatter. Is > distribfold a FreeBSD-native folding@home client, or something else > entirely? > > More details would be appreciated. > It's something else entirely. If you notice, the latest release that is fetched by the port is 0.1.20040613 .. several years old, and the project is now defunct anyway. Folding@home has its origins at Stanford University at around 2001 and is maintained by a group called the "Pande Group". Distributedfolding, however, was started by professor (Christopher Hogue) at the University of Toronto in the same time period. He's not listed as a current or previous member of the Pande Group. You can see his announcement to the beowulf-announce list in their archives: http://www.beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf-announce/2002-January/000027.html
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