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Thread: integer vs floating point + ubuntu boinc installation |
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gabranth99
Cruncher Joined: Mar 1, 2011 Post Count: 26 Status: Offline |
hi i was wondering whats more important integer or floating point as ubuntu gives 1.5k increase to integer vs windows 7 and also ive used the boinc installer for ubuntu and it created a folder with all the stuff in it in /downloads moved to /documents is there any difference vs using ubuntu repositories to install?
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
hi,
Two answers: 1. It is thought that Linux is better at integers, at least the HCC science is pretty much integer only and runs on a 64 bit platform twice as fast as on a Windows 64 bit. 2. The Synaptic repository copy, at least for Ubuntu 10.10 and 10.04 is at version 6.10.58. Read that it better integrates in the OS. Got no complaints at all. If you look in the Start Here FAQ Index, I just happened to add a sub-topic on installing from Synaptic, at bottom: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/...read,4925_offset,0#117237 . It's 3 parts! --//-- |
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gabranth99
Cruncher Joined: Mar 1, 2011 Post Count: 26 Status: Offline |
thxs i think ill stick with local install then as its easier also i fold on a virtual machine so security isn't that important and i might be moving to fedora depends on benchmarks results from boinc as hardinfo seems to give better FPU results on fedora
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