alpage2
03-11-2008, 06:33 AM
I have an old 400Mhz laptop running xubuntu linux, and it was good to discover a distributed computing project that this machine could participate in. I find with most projects that the size of the work units are geared towards modern, reasonably high-spec machines, and my 400MHz relic is unable to finish the work units within the deadlines.
My only problem with the EON project is that it seriously overheats the laptop.
On my high-end desktop I run projects using the BOINC client, and that incorporates a control mechanism so that it can be set to use a pre-defined percentage of the processor time. On the laptop, setting to 60-70% CPU usage I find enough to prevent overheating.
Is it possible to configure the EON client in the same way?
Or if not, is there a way to configure linux to acheive the same end?
Failing all else, are there any other projects out there with linux clients, that have a hope of completing on a 400MHz machine that is typically running for 4 -5 hours per day?
Thanks in anticipation
Alan
My only problem with the EON project is that it seriously overheats the laptop.
On my high-end desktop I run projects using the BOINC client, and that incorporates a control mechanism so that it can be set to use a pre-defined percentage of the processor time. On the laptop, setting to 60-70% CPU usage I find enough to prevent overheating.
Is it possible to configure the EON client in the same way?
Or if not, is there a way to configure linux to acheive the same end?
Failing all else, are there any other projects out there with linux clients, that have a hope of completing on a 400MHz machine that is typically running for 4 -5 hours per day?
Thanks in anticipation
Alan