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What is the difference between the types of clients? |
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Stanford's Folding@Home project releases many different types of
clients and will be confusing for those just starting out. Obviously to
reach a huge number of users, they have to release clients for
different types of operating systems. For each of the operating
systems, there are also different types of client available -
"No-nonsense" text-only console client, graphical client and
screensaver client.
Here is a summary of the types of clients available to operating systems:
- Text-only console client
- Graphical client
- Screensaver client
- Text-only console client
- Graphical client
- Screensaver client
1. "No-nonsense" text-only console client (recommended)
This
is the recommended client that you should use for Folding@Home as it
uses the least resources and from experience has minimal conflicts with
other programs/applications. Check out the How to configure the text-only console clients? FAQ
for a step-by-step guide on configuring the text-only console client,
and the "How to run Folding@Home in the background?" for various
options of running it out of sight in the background.
Screenshot of the "No-nonsense" text-only console client:
2. Graphical client
This
version has a fancy graphical windows that display the simulation that
you are currently processing. It uses resources to display the
graphical windows hence it is not recommended by dedicated folders. It
has also been known to cause problems with some programs/applications
while running from the experience of our folders. It is easier to set
up compared to the text-only console client. The windows graphical
client starting from version 5 includes the screensaver option as
described below.
Screenshot of the graphical client:
3. Screensaver
This
version runs like any other screensaver that you have. The new version
5 actually now incorporates the screensaver into the graphical client.
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