The price of freedom?

[BrownSparrow]

In the folding sticky it is stated that it terms of performance foldy wise windows > Linux, but how great is that difference? Can anyone here recount their experiences of folding on multiple operating systems?

As i intend to make a couple of crunchers in the future obviously i want to keep the costs down, but will the advantages of a free operating system be outweighed by the impact on performance?

 

[BrownSparrow]

What would be cool is if anyone has/could do a comparison between os' on similar/identical hardware.

I thought about win98 and the like but as has been stated i thought drivers would be an issue.

Would a stripped down linux distro like gentoo or a base debian install recoup lost performance of client through minimal system requirments due to lack of services requiring cpu time?

 

[BrownSparrow]

Nice one Whitestar!

Be good to get a clear comparison.

 

[BrownSparrow]

Unfortunatly yesturday I got a motherload of work piled on me, so I won't be able to do the test until next week

No worries mate, i'm not going to be purchasing my new gear until the new year as i'm starting a new job next week (it had to happen, couldn't keep on being a travelling slacker all my life! ) and won't have any disposable dosh 'till after the festive season so i can wait. Lookin forward to what you discover tho!

You need to do the ole paper boy trick...

Dump what you don't want to do in a bin, swipe a pint of milk of someones doorstep and swig it on your way back to the shop for your wages

Not that I ever did that of course...

SiriusB

Those were the days, getting up at 6am, freezing your unmentionables off, peddling your knackered bike for miles with a day-glow bag over you shoulder that weighed half a ton! And all for £10 a week!

 

[BrownSparrow]

Cheers Billy, very interesting!

Is there anyone out there in the wild world web creating 'optimised' folding clients, like seti for boinc? I remember i saw great improvements using optimised clients for seti.