Distributed Climate Prediction For Linux: Pending

saintp writes "Inspired by earlier discussions about distributed computing initiatives, I emailed the good folks at Climateprediction.net to inquire about a linux client. And, the good news: There will be one. No update yet to their system requirements, but here's what they told me: 'There is certainly a Linux version planned (in fact, already existing), but we are a small team and can only set up the infrastructure to support distributed experiments under one O/S at a time. Running climate models is substantially more ambitious in terms of machine requirements, data generated, security headaches etc than any other distributed computing project we know of, so developing a generic O/S independent client is simply not feasible. As soon as the Windows version is safely launched, the Linux version will be our next priority.' Hopefully, we'll see it sometime in November or December."

Comments

Re:Distributed computing...

[Kj0n]

...irks me a little. When I give away my CPU cycles what do I get in return?

Well, one thing you get in return is some extra heat and the certainty that you just helped change the climate by using more energy.

NewsFlash: Something might happen in the future

[Anonymous Coward]

gees, slashdot must be really desperate for stories if they accept this as 'news'. it hasn't happened yet, people! you can post an article about the linux client WHEN IT COMES AVAILABLE!