I have a spare Raspberry Pi. Is there someway I can use it to help COVID research?

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    Not directly in Folding@Home.

    The FAHControl Program is written in Python, so while you can't fold with a Pi, you can control clients that do fold.
    https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php? ... =raspberry

    https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php? ... ry#p318903

    The points system for F@H uses integers, so a Pi would cause trouble, with fractional points. (Sony's Android client lacked points altogether) The research depends on the speed of the client, so Pis would slow down existing research, you would need an academic molecular biochemist who did not care when his/her research completed. Due to Publish or Perish, they are rare.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish_or_perish
     
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    Rosetta at Home has a Pi client now. You'll need a 64-bit kernel, at least, to run the tasks. It's far easier to just put a 64-bit clean Ubuntu on it than to mess with it in Raspbian, though you could do that if you wanted.

    https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/fig ... spberry-pi

    If you've got a good heatsink/fan for it, you can probably overvolt by "4" and push clocks to 2GHz too, but that won't gain you much without a big heatsink as it runs a lot hotter.
     
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    Syonyk said:
    Rosetta at Home has a Pi client now. You'll need a 64-bit kernel, at least, to run the tasks. It's far easier to just put a 64-bit clean Ubuntu on it than to mess with it in Raspbian, though you could do that if you wanted.

    https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/fig ... spberry-pi

    If you've got a good heatsink/fan for it, you can probably overvolt by "4" and push clocks to 2GHz too, but that won't gain you much without a big heatsink as it runs a lot hotter.
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    Thanks for the link, exactly what I'm looking for. What do you like Ubuntu over alternatives? Genuinely curious, I like the quick installation with the config program upon first bootup when running Rasbian.
     
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    year0 said:
    Thanks for the link, exactly what I'm looking for. What do you like Ubuntu over alternatives? Genuinely curious, I like the quick installation with the config program upon first bootup when running Rasbian.
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    You need a 64-bit kernel for the BOINC stuff, and I think you need at least some 64-bit userspace libraries as well. Raspbian is a 32-bit userspace and while it ships with a 64-bit kernel now, it's not used by default. It's harder to get all of that working than to just put a 64-bit OS/kernel on in the first place.

    I wouldn't say I like it more or less, just that if you want the Pi to do nothing but run Rosetta tasks, Ubuntu is easier to get going.
     
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    Syonyk said:
    year0 said:
    Thanks for the link, exactly what I'm looking for. What do you like Ubuntu over alternatives? Genuinely curious, I like the quick installation with the config program upon first bootup when running Rasbian.
    Click to expand...

    You need a 64-bit kernel for the BOINC stuff, and I think you need at least some 64-bit userspace libraries as well. Raspbian is a 32-bit userspace and while it ships with a 64-bit kernel now, it's not used by default. It's harder to get all of that working than to just put a 64-bit OS/kernel on in the first place.

    I wouldn't say I like it more or less, just that if you want the Pi to do nothing but run Rosetta tasks, Ubuntu is easier to get going.
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    Interesting, I didn't realize! So Ubuntu is completely 64 bit? I have a 64 bit processor, may as well use it to its full capabilities. Pretty stoked to get this project started this weekend.
     
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