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[Christopher Swift <christopher.swift@xxxxxxxxx>]

2010/1/21 Christer Edwards <christer.edwards@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>> ...[snip]...  What I'd like is some way to run these applications without
>> conflicting with my running of Skype,  I can sometimes video
>> conference 10 hours a day so obviously I don't want to just disable
>> Folding for the sake of it but rather find a way to scale operations.
>
> Well one solution, on the Ubuntu side of things, would be to run
> origami with the cron setting on. This allows you to auto-start/stop
> Folding at specific times of the day. The default cron setting
> disables folding between 8am-5pm, but otherwise runs as usual. You
> might give that a try..
>
> --
> Christer Edwards
> .: http://ubuntu-tutorials.com :.
>

Unfortunately with this solution,  I do it at random times such as
from 11am - 4am on some days,  or from 7pm - 1am depending on what I
am and what my friends are doing.  Any other XP/Ubuntu solutions would
be most welcome :)

Thanks,
Chris.