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Inexplicably F@H is not available as an _official_ docker container, and their install procedure for Linux compares unfavorably with wisdom tooth extraction.


How so? I just looked, and they have both .deb and .rpm packages available.

I once spent two-and-a-half hours having two wisdom teeth removed, and afterwards I got an infection in the empty sockets. I'd rather do all of that again, than having to use Docker for anything.


The debs don't install on Ubuntu 19.10 BTW (obsolete deps).


VMware just announced a Folding@Home virtual appliance. https://octo.vmware.com/vmware-appliance-fah/

I'm fully aware that this is not a container, doesn't run on free/open-source software, etc. etc. but it's an available alternative now.


Maybe the generic installation process, but it was totally painless to install under Ubuntu.


I just sent up an LXC container in 10 minutes to do GPU folding. Docker is much easier than LCX to configure, especially for GPU stuff. Really isn't that difficult. It's a single deb package.


Arch has a package in aur as well which makes it pretty straightforward.




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