getting the most out of linux
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getting the most out of linux
first off all, in mint 13 my athlon ii x4 pulls about 7k average. im in a team tc and lost, in order to have better chance next month I really need to be pulling atleast 10k hopfuly 12 k out of this. any 'tweaks' are 'hacks' you could fill me in on? are there any linux distros that do a good deal better then others? im willing to switch. second, I've noticed that depending on the wu I pull between 3-13k. is there any way to make this a little more consintint?
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Re: getting the most out of linux
things will even out if you just keep folding. you will find that eventually you get long runs of certain WU. also have you configured a passkey?
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Re: getting the most out of linux
about 7k may be right for that cpu.
I have a Phenom II 970 and it won't average 10k.
I have a Phenom II 970 and it won't average 10k.
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Re: getting the most out of linux
Try to be logged out of any graphical desktop environment on your distro as much as possible - I find that this reduces my TPF:s with at least 4 seconds across the board. Gnome3 especially seems to run a ton of background processes which slows FAH down. I am running Fedora 17 on an overclocked (4.2) 3930K.
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Re: getting the most out of linux
How exactly can I do that?csvanefalk wrote:Try to be logged out of any graphical desktop environment on your distro as much as possible
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Re: getting the most out of linux
just log out - in Gnome3 for example, click your name in the top right corner and select Log Out from the menu. You can still run any of the F2-F12 terminals normally (use CTRL+ALT+F[2-12] to select them) in case you need to use some non-GUI programs.iceman1992 wrote:How exactly can I do that?csvanefalk wrote:Try to be logged out of any graphical desktop environment on your distro as much as possible
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Re: getting the most out of linux
Also, you might want to run FAH on a RAM disk, especially if you are using EXT4 as a file system. This will practically eliminate I/O delays between WU:s, and thus give you a shorter transition period between a finished WU and a new one.
Beware that RAM disks are volatile - they dissapear (with all their content) when you power down. For me it works since I practically never reset my machine, apart from kernel and hardware upgrades (and the rare times I have to boot into windows). If you do have to reset, just backup your FAH content so you can move it back to a fresh RAM disk when you boot up again. I am currently writing a system script to do this automatically, will share that later.
To turn the defaul FAH directory into a RAM disk, run (as root):
$ mount -t tmpfs none /var/lib/fahclient -o size=1024m
Be sure to do the backup stuff suggested above first. Alternatively you can of course mount the RAM disk somewhere else, and run a client there instead.
Beware that RAM disks are volatile - they dissapear (with all their content) when you power down. For me it works since I practically never reset my machine, apart from kernel and hardware upgrades (and the rare times I have to boot into windows). If you do have to reset, just backup your FAH content so you can move it back to a fresh RAM disk when you boot up again. I am currently writing a system script to do this automatically, will share that later.
To turn the defaul FAH directory into a RAM disk, run (as root):
$ mount -t tmpfs none /var/lib/fahclient -o size=1024m
Be sure to do the backup stuff suggested above first. Alternatively you can of course mount the RAM disk somewhere else, and run a client there instead.
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Re: getting the most out of linux
The are better ways to improve the ext4 file system functionality with incurring the risks of a ram drive.
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Re: getting the most out of linux
Ran briefly smp on opensuse,I just booted up to runlevel 3 and logged in there to cli,seemed to run better (more efficient that way),did the setup from a GUI tho,setting up samba,download patches and download folding software,set it up and so forth,then it was runlevel 3 and less resourcehogs interfering with F@H.