Please read this page before starting Rosetta@home
Due to the computationally intense nature of the Rosetta@home application ("Rosetta"), your PC may overheat
when running Rosetta, particularly if it is a laptop. Additionally,
machines that do not have enough RAM can experience problems as they use virtual memory and
continuously write to disk. Please be sure your PC meets the recommended system requirements listed below.
If your machine does not meet the minimum system requirements, we recommend that you do not start the Rosetta@home
project. If you have already started the project and decide it is too demanding on your PC, stop
the BOINC client process or if you are using the BOINC Manager, "Detach" the Rosetta@home project. There
may be other BOINC projects that are suitable for your machine.
| Operating System |
Hardware |
Available Disk |
Memory |
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| Microsoft Windows |
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| Windows XP |
500MHz or higher |
400MB |
256MB |
| Windows 2003 Server |
500MHz or higher |
400MB |
256MB |
| Windows 2000 |
500MHz or higher |
400MB |
256MB |
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| Macintosh |
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| Mac OS X 10.3.9, or later (PPC is gradually being phased out) |
at least 350MHz G3 |
400MB |
256MB |
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| Linux (32-bit) |
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| Red Hat Linux 8.X, 9.X |
500MHz or higher |
400MB |
256MB |
| Mandrake Linux 10.x |
500MHz or higher |
400MB |
256MB |
| Debian Linux 3.0 |
500MHz or higher |
400MB |
256MB |
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| BOINC Client |
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The latest version of the BOINC client is recommended. BOINC version 4.19 is not supported.
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| Internet Connection |
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Any type of Internet connection (e.g. dial-up, broadband, ISDN, LAN) is suitable, however, slow connections like dial-up
may take a long time to download the Rosetta application and database files when you start the Rosetta@home project
for the first time.
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| Additional Notes |
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If your computer is turned off when Rosetta@home is still running, the application will pick up where it last left off
when you start it up again.
You only need to connect to the internet at the beginning of a "Work" set to get input data and at the end to send back results.
Some "Work" sets may not complete successfully even if your system meets the minimum requirements.
If you are running multiple BOINC projects using the BOINC Manager, we recommend setting your general preferences to
"Leave applications in memory while preempted." To do this, after creating an account, do the following:
- Click the "Your account" link on the main home page under "Returning participants" or click the "Participants" link above.
- Login if you haven't already.
- Click the "View or edit general preferences" link on your account page.
- Click "Edit preferences".
- Select "yes" for the "Leave applications in memory while preempted?" option.
Please refer to the Questions and answers forum for more information.
Continue to --> Download Page
Download the BOINC software for your type of computer, install it, and run it.
You will be asked to enter the project URL (http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta)
and to set up your account.
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