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diff --git a/astro/setiathome/pkg-descr b/astro/setiathome/pkg-descr index 6839e292aaa7..51cae75ef8b7 100644 --- a/astro/setiathome/pkg-descr +++ b/astro/setiathome/pkg-descr @@ -5,23 +5,4 @@ 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, 3.1, and 4.0. Newer versions of FreeBSD should be able -to run older binaries. - WWW: http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ |