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IcaBoD · Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:07 pm Post subject: Optimised App For Linux?

does anyone have the optimized files for linux?
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A/C · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:12 am Post subject:

Try looking in these sites:

http://www.pperry.f2s.com/downloads.htm

http://www.mkx.si/boinc/

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ToeBee · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:13 pm Post subject:

Both of those sites only have pre-enhanced clients so if you install them you won't get any work. As of right now I don't know of any optimized seti_enhanced clients but I do believe some people are working on them. Crunch3r had one but he left seti after being accused of cheating by another member and took his optimized clients with him.

EDIT: I actually took a look at the massive thread that talks about a new optimized client over on the seti@home message boards that I had been avoiding. It seems one of our very own, KWSN - Chicken of Angnor has stepped up to the plate and is spearheading the development of a new optimized client. A hearty
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Here is a link to a post near the end that is of interest if you don't want to read all 250 posts.
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=31655#338846

A/C · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:19 pm Post subject:

Hmm... yeah, it seems that an optimized client for SETI@home enhanced isn't available anywhere. I figured that they might come out with one sooner or later at at least one of those sites.

It's great to hear that Chicken of Angnor is working on an optimized enhanced version MacG. If successful, it would help shorten the processing times, and that's good. I wish him luck.

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Savant · Squire Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Austria

Hi guys,

that would be me you're talking about (KWSN - Chicken of Angnor), and I don't do the Mac G4/G5 optimized apps, that's Alex Kan.

I did however just release an SSE2-optimized Linux Seti@Home client which is available for download here.

This is a direct download link, please post how it worked for you Cool

Ni!

Two hosts using this client to crunch:

Pentium-D 805 (2.66 GHz)
Athlon64 3500+ (2.2 GHz)

Both are running Debian Sarge.

Bring us more shrubberies, we're already done with these #ni-1

Should give your RAC a nice boost, IcaBoD! So you can keep on beating me Twisted Evil

Toby is already running it and his host is here.

Regards,
Simon.

KWSN imcrazynow

Savant · Squire Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Austria

No,

Mac applications are made by Alex Kan, not me!

Go here for Mac G4/G5 optimized clients.

The ones I posted before are for Linux SSE2, as written Wink

KWSN imcrazynow · Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:10 pm Post subject: Re: Holding out?

ToeBee · Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:12 am Post subject:

Holding out? Nah, I just saw that a public release had finally been made right at the end of the work day. I downloaded it quick and got it running before I headed home. So far it looks rather promising. A couple of work units that had estimated completion times of 7.5 hours actually took about 4.3 hours. Of course since I was the first one to return the results, I will have to wait for validation but it looks like things have been tested fairly well so I don't see any problems on that front.

Thanks again for your efforts Savant. I am also in agreement with you that it would be awesome if we could get Intel to give Berkeley a license for their tools so that everyone could run optimized apps. Of course then the playing field would be leveled for everyone again and some of the credit mongers would probably get upset again but oh well. You just can't make everyone happy. Rolling Eyes

Savant · Squire Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Austria

Oops, totally missed that Shocked

(him meaning you not clients for Mac)
My bad.

Thanks for all the friendly words, and no, you can't ever make everyone happy. Indeed, what I'd like most is if everyone got enhanced clients BUT the multiplier gets adjusted downwards so normalizing credit across projects works (Eric Korpela is hard at work trying to figure out a fair credit scheme, and we've already come far in that regard anyway).

So that would really p*ss off big number crunchers, maybe, but be good for the project as a whole. I do like my credits, but it's not as if they're really important...shouldn't lose sight of the real goal of SETI@Home or take ourselves too seriously.

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to you all Cool

Javapersona · Knight Joined: 09 Jul 2004 Posts: 88

This has been a big victory for KWSN and SETI, in general.

I have 3 hosts using Savant's (KWSN - CoA) SETI app for Linux. This should be a terrific marketing tool for us Knights! The more we use it and spread the word the more Knights we shall have. Provided they are sufficiently silly, of course.

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Son Goku · Duke Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 426

Don't have a Linux optimized app, so sorry can't help there. But I actually do still have crunch3r's app on my HDD, along with an updated XML file which will allow it to still work with the newer WUs #ni-1

KWSN - Sir Brian C....... · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:03 am Post subject:

KWSN imcrazynow · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:19 am Post subject:

You know, one could technically rent Son Goku some space on their hard drives for a rediculously low fee and what he chose to store in that space would be his own business. I really don't see any problem at all with having multiple backups in various locations for security reasons. Twisted Evil

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And a few that won't update for some reason.

4870 GPU

KWSN - Sir Brian C....... · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 4:32 pm Post subject:

ToeBee · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:41 pm Post subject:

err... I'm confused. Why are we still talking about crunch3r's app when we have a new one which is actually slightly faster than crunch3r's (I think)? Or are you talking about an optimized windows app?

KWSN imcrazynow · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:50 pm Post subject:

Savant · Squire Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Austria

Son Goku · Duke Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 426

ToeBee · Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 2:59 pm Post subject:

And now we have both SSE and SSE2 optimized versions for linux. I'm running them on all of my linux machines. So far so good.

http://www.zadra.org/seti_enhanced/index.php?module=Downloads;catd=1

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