Dyyryath
07-22-2003, 09:09 PM
Yup, the changeover to the new client in Distributed Folding has been ugly. At least, it hasn't gone nearly as smoothly as we've grown accustomed to.<br><br>The Linux clients appear to have come through this update with flying colors (at least, all of mine updated correctly), but the Windows client is having some problems. Right now we're looking into this, and <b>IronBits</b> has had some success with just deleting the whole directory and reinstalling from scratch. You can keep an eye on <a href="http://www.free-dc.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3659">this thread</a> for details on the new client as they become available (either through the project leaders or our own trial and error). So far, Howard (the project leader) hasn't commented on the problems.<br><br>While this can be frustrating, it can also be a boon to us. For the last several days, Ars Technica has been steadily gaining users and these client issues probably won't help them at all. While this <i>is</i> a hassle, it will be a much bigger hassle for their 100 or so brand new users who haven't seen this kind of thing before than our more focused group of veterans. We're a smaller team, which should allow us to deal with things like this much quicker than they will. For those new to the project (and Free-DC), feel free to ask for help in the <a href="http://www.free-dc.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=25">DF area of our forums</a>. We've got a lot of <b>very</b> experienced crunchers who'd love to help you out!<br><br>As long as we're on the subject of new users, let me say welcome to <b>Fozzie</b>, <b>afriend</b>, <b>thor</b>, and <b>qibhom</b>. We're all glad you've come aboard and we hope you'll make yourselves at home! <img src=http://www.free-dc.org/images/news/icon14.gif> We've also seen <b>magicfan</b> crunching DF for us lately. Like many of us, he's got ties to Free-DC and Ars Technica. Either way, good to have you here, <b>magicfan</b>! <img src=http://www.free-dc.org/images/news/icon6.gif>