From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 1 18:09:12 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 337E516A41B for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2007 18:09:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lreid@cs.okstate.edu) Received: from a.cs.okstate.edu (a.cs.okstate.edu [139.78.113.1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15C8C13C47E for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2007 18:09:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lreid@cs.okstate.edu) Received: from [172.18.0.137] (unknown [70.168.226.150]) by a.cs.okstate.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B2FCA065D for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2007 13:09:11 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <46B0CC41.7080102@cs.okstate.edu> Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:09:05 -0500 From: Reid Linnemann User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070615) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20070801160845.GA35884@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20070801160845.GA35884@demeter.hydra> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Is distribfold for folding@home? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:09:12 -0000 Written by Chad Perrin on 08/01/07 11:08>> > I see that there's both a distribfold and a linux-foldingathome in the > ports. The contents of pkg-descr say that distribfold is for > distributedfolding.org, but that doesn't seem accurate any longer, as > that domain appears to currently belong to a domain squatter. Is > distribfold a FreeBSD-native folding@home client, or something else > entirely? > > More details would be appreciated. > It's something else entirely. If you notice, the latest release that is fetched by the port is 0.1.20040613 .. several years old, and the project is now defunct anyway. Folding@home has its origins at Stanford University at around 2001 and is maintained by a group called the "Pande Group". Distributedfolding, however, was started by professor (Christopher Hogue) at the University of Toronto in the same time period. He's not listed as a current or previous member of the Pande Group. You can see his announcement to the beowulf-announce list in their archives: http://www.beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf-announce/2002-January/000027.html