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A great news for openSuse users

there is now openSuse packages from community user "Curiosity"

add the repo containing the packages

sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:Curiosity/openSUSE_Leap_$releasever/home:Curiosity.repo
sudo zypper refresh

then install the packages

sudo zypper install fetch-fahclient
sudo zypper install python-fahcontrol
sudo zypper install fetch-fahviewer


No more problem about zip2 not installed.
No more necessity to create a systemd service for FAH.
No more compliancy problem with libopenssl openSuse package.

then

start fahclient

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sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start fahclient.service
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Complete fahclient settings via fahcontrol settings with your "name ", team number (if you are a member of one) and your "passkey".

then
you must ask system to start FAH at PC startup. For this use the tool "services manager" in yast. Choose "at system startup" for fahclient.

WARNING

if you previously installed folding@home with rpms from folding@home and with my tuto about openSuse Leap 15.1 or older
then
before installing rpms with rpms from openSuse
in /etc/systemd/system/
delete fahclient.service file
in /usr/local/bin/
delete FAHClient file

some problems may occurs:
- cpu too hot
- fah does not decrease its cpu power consumption when you launch an app.
- setting "folding power"to "light" or "medium" does not work

in this case see my solution

viewtopic.php?f=89&t=31637#p307170

or the one of Bruce

viewtopic.php?f=89&t=31637#p307174

I tested Bruce's solution.

The CPU of my PC gets 4 cores.
FAH settings : Power "full" when i am "working"

Result:
- my solution "cpulimit --exe FahCore_a8 --limit 50" : about 32 °C
- Bruce's solution "only one core for folding" : about 42 °C

My solution is complex.
Bruce's solution is easy.

One wonders what you might class a "cpu too hot" as both of the figures you quote achieved are barely luke warm - there might be a little thermal headroom for more folding?

@Neil-b

I forgot I want a silent PC thus I want to minimize fan noise. I can reach this with cpulimit.

That would explain the temperature choice

For Tumbleweed a new repo.

https://download.opensuse.org/repositor ... E_Factory/

the old one

https://download.opensuse.org/repositor ... umbleweed/