From f3898d455ba0805a989bc595194264de0b322927 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Bethke Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 01:44:35 +0000 Subject: SETI@home - donate idle cycles to the search for aliens --- astro/setiathome/pkg-descr | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) create mode 100644 astro/setiathome/pkg-descr (limited to 'astro/setiathome/pkg-descr') diff --git a/astro/setiathome/pkg-descr b/astro/setiathome/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..00c94f12a9be --- /dev/null +++ b/astro/setiathome/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +SETI@home is a scientific experiment that will harness the power of +hundreds of thousands of Internet-connected computers in the Search for +Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). You can participate by running a +program that downloads and analyzes radio telescope data. There's a +small but captivating possibility that your computer will detect the +faint murmur of a civilization beyond Earth. + +This package includes an interactive install script which allows you to +set up a working directory under /var/db/setiathome, register with or +log in to SETI@home, and arranges for setiathome to be started at +system start-up. In this case, setiathome will be executed as user +`nobody'. + +setiathome will run at nice level 1 by default, with a single process. +If you are running a SMP system and therefore would like to run one +process per CPU, or would like setiathome to run under another user ID, +you have to set it up manually. + +setiathome requires about 0.5 MBytes disk space in its working +directory, and about 12 MBytes of memory. If you have ample physical +memory, it's work load should be almost undetectable. + +setiathome is a binary distribution currently available for FreeBSD +2.2.6, 2.2.7, 2.2.8, and 3.1. Newer versions of FreeBSD should be able +to run older binaries. + +WWW: http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ -- cgit v1.2.3