January 21, 2006 2:51 PM
Advance Notice!
I'm in the process of setting up a 'Centos' team for the Folding@Home project, so here is a preliminary press-type release.
Welcome to the Centos Folding@Home team!
On behalf of the Centos Folding@Home team members we thank you for your interest in us and our progress. If you would like to learn more about what we do, please follow this link to the Folding@Home homepage. New to distributed computing?, its not a problem. Here is the simplest description: Many computers working on separate pieces of the same puzzle are faster than a few computers working on many pieces of the puzzle. By "distributing" the work load to as many computers as possible, results are faster and accumulate faster. This provides more information to the people who can use it, thus letting them actually work with the results instead of working to get results. Hopefully the above summary doesn't leave you lost and confused. If you are still with us then great, but if you're feeling lost? You can search google for distributed computing for more in depth information.
Now on to Centos folders and Folding@Home. We are a team of members with various computer setups and knowledge. Our primary operating system of choice is Centos and our favourite distributed computing program is Folding@Home. You can see our team stats by clicking here , this should be updated regularly. Would you like to join the team? Well, if so it is as simple as visiting the Folding@Home website and downloading the version you prefer. Once you've got it please read this FAQ written by Jtang613. Please note, our team number is 48721. There now, its just as easy as that and now you are a part of the team. Welcome to the Fold! :) Further information about various installers and monitors can be found here. My personal preference is to use finstall to install and a superkaramba theme to help monitor the work unit.
Welcome to the Centos Folding@Home team!
On behalf of the Centos Folding@Home team members we thank you for your interest in us and our progress. If you would like to learn more about what we do, please follow this link to the Folding@Home homepage. New to distributed computing?, its not a problem. Here is the simplest description: Many computers working on separate pieces of the same puzzle are faster than a few computers working on many pieces of the puzzle. By "distributing" the work load to as many computers as possible, results are faster and accumulate faster. This provides more information to the people who can use it, thus letting them actually work with the results instead of working to get results. Hopefully the above summary doesn't leave you lost and confused. If you are still with us then great, but if you're feeling lost? You can search google for distributed computing for more in depth information.
Now on to Centos folders and Folding@Home. We are a team of members with various computer setups and knowledge. Our primary operating system of choice is Centos and our favourite distributed computing program is Folding@Home. You can see our team stats by clicking here , this should be updated regularly. Would you like to join the team? Well, if so it is as simple as visiting the Folding@Home website and downloading the version you prefer. Once you've got it please read this FAQ written by Jtang613. Please note, our team number is 48721. There now, its just as easy as that and now you are a part of the team. Welcome to the Fold! :) Further information about various installers and monitors can be found here. My personal preference is to use finstall to install and a superkaramba theme to help monitor the work unit.
January 15, 2006 11:14 AM
Firefox extensions.
My favourite site for firefox extensions has gone away, its The Extensions Mirror Syndication just in case it ever comes back. I don't know what the problem is, but its rss feed suddenly stopped and then I was unable to navigate to its main site. So, if anyone knows of another good source of firefox extensions (apart from mozilla of course) I'd love to hear it.
And then I googled for 'extensionsmirror' and found that they've moved to New site = The Extensions Mirror Syndication. Apparently there was some trouble with their domain name which they're hoping to resolve but meanwhile they've moved. Their new site though is obviously temporary as some of it is virtually unusable, searching for extensions is a case in point ... it doesn't work because its hardcoded to the old site which isn't there any longer. Lets hope that the problem is resolved soon and they can get back to providing the extensions again.
And then I googled for 'extensionsmirror' and found that they've moved to New site = The Extensions Mirror Syndication. Apparently there was some trouble with their domain name which they're hoping to resolve but meanwhile they've moved. Their new site though is obviously temporary as some of it is virtually unusable, searching for extensions is a case in point ... it doesn't work because its hardcoded to the old site which isn't there any longer. Lets hope that the problem is resolved soon and they can get back to providing the extensions again.