How to get started

[IronBits]

Get the Client from distributed.net for your OS
http://www1.distributed.net/download/clients.php
How-To guide here
http://www.distributed.net/docs/tutor_netopt.php
Networking Options
http://www.distributed.net/docs/tutor_netopt.php

Run it the first time and it will ask you some questions and create dnetc.ini
Then edit dnetc.ini (here is a copy of mine)


[parameters]
id=YourEmailAddy@MyDomain.com change this to your email addy

[misc]
project-priority=RC5-72=1, OGRP2=0 this is for RC5 only
project-priority=RC5-72=0, OGRP2=1 this is for OGR only
[triggers]
exit-flag-filename=exit.now
pause-on-no-mains-power=no

[display]
progress-indicator=auto-sense

[ogr]
core=1
fetch-time-threshold=0
fetch-workunit-threshold=3

[rc5-72]
core=-1
fetch-time-threshold=0
fetch-workunit-threshold=0

[processor-usage]
priority=3

[networking]
autofindkeyserver=no
keyserver=www.free-dc.org:2064 <-- This forces your client to get work from Bok's pproxy server
nofallback=true
dialup-watcher=passive
interfaces-to-watch=*
disabled=no

[buffers]
threshold-check-interval=0:30
checkpoint-filename=check.txt
frequent-threshold-checks=3

[logging]
log-file-limit=500
log-file=dnetc.log
log-file-type=fifo

[meep]

IB, what are the system specifics on this one, preferred OS, preferred CPU / RAM etc?

Also does it require an active net connection?

[IronBits]

Sorry Meep! Didn't see this message and I assume you have it all under control by now ;)

First-time participant step-by-step walkthrough

Firstly, you should make sure that the email address you entered in your client configuration is a real email address where you can effectively receive your personal stats password and where distributed.net staff can contact you if you were to be the lucky winner of one of our projects that offers a prize.
The second step is for you to run the client and wait until it flushes work units back to the distributed.net proxy network. Anywhere from 0 to 24 hours after your client first flushes some work units back to us, our stats server will detect that you are a new participant and start publishing stats about your work as well as your ranking on its web site.
You should then lookup your personal statistics on the stats server in order to view your personal stats page. If you are participating in the RC5-72 contest, for example, click on the 'RC5-72' link from the http://stats.distributed.net/ page. You will be directed to the http://stats.distributed.net/projects.php?project_id=8 page at the top of which you can enter your email address in the search field of the 'Participant Stats' column.
If you enter your full email address or if the search based on your query only returns one result, you will be directly directed to your personal stats page. If you entered a more generic keyword in the participant stats query form, you will be directed to a page listing the first 50 results that match your query. From there, you can click on a participant's name and you will be directed to the corresponding personal stats page.
Your personal stats page for one of our projects contains statistics related to your contribution to a that particular project. If you participate in multiple distributed.net projects, you will have as many project-specific personal stats pages as number of projects you are contributing to. The stats web site is broken down into various sections for each of our projects. Each section can be accessed from the links in the table listing our different projects on the http://stats.distributed.net/ page.
Finally, you will need to request that your stats password be sent to you by email to the address that you specified in your email client configuration, which is also the one under which you appear in the stats server. To do this, you must be on your (or one of your) personal stats page(s) and click on the link at the very bottom of that page that reads: "I cannot remember my password. Please email 's password.". Once you click on that link, you should receive an email with your stats password shortly thereafter.
Note: Your stats password will [I]not be automatically mailed to when you first flush work units back to our servers. You must necessarily follow the procedure described in the previous paragraph to request your password.

[paleseptember]

Well done RC-72 crunchers, you jumped a place that last update :clap:

Keep up the good work! :thumbs:

[Fozzie]

on this for a test.

See how the little soul does, can only use one core of a pentium D as it gets too loud.

[IronBits]

Here are some interesting stats from our friends over at MacNN :)

http://teamstats.macnn.com/rc572/stats.php?page=a2&TID=26268&sort=PowerProject&lolimit=30

[IronBits]

Won't be long now before we take another spot UP the ladder. :banana:

[IronBits]

:bouncy:
UGTU UPI is behind us now :thumbs:

[paleseptember]

\o/

Should knock off another 2 places in under a week!

[Darkness Productions]

58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,356 320
59 Born2OC.be 9,459,961 360
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,117,827 2,255
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,596,682 3,530
62 moomin 8,441,107 1,833
63 Free-DC 8,424,996 22,399

[Darkness Productions]

57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,769 0
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,461 105
59 Born2OC.be 9,460,325 364
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,120,141 2,314
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,599,567 2,885
62 Free-DC 8,447,743 22,747
63 moomin 8,442,097 990

[Darkness Productions]

57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,769 0
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,474 13
59 Born2OC.be 9,460,557 232
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,123,132 2,991
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,602,478 2,911
62 Free-DC 8,461,958 14,215

[Darkness Productions]

57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,769 0
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,844 370
59 Born2OC.be 9,460,901 344
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,125,515 2,383
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,606,368 3,890
62 Free-DC 8,486,820 24,862

[the-mk]

who deleted all the stats? all the stats are belong to us :D

[IronBits]

I did. Is there a problem with deleting the past 6 months of old posts, mostly repeating what place we are at?
That's what Bok's stats are for ;)

[the-mk]

no no, it is ok to delete that posts, I have no problems with it... I was just missing the list with page 1 to page x this morning when I looked into the new posts of that day :D

[Darkness Productions]

57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,769 0
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,844 0
59 Born2OC.be 9,461,164 263
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,127,808 2,293
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,610,438 4,070
62 Free-DC 8,493,741 6,921

[Darkness Productions]

57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,769 0
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,844 0
59 Born2OC.be 9,461,438 274
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,130,401 2,593
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,613,589 3,151
62 Free-DC 8,499,228 5,487

[Darkness Productions]

57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,769 0
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,844 0
59 Born2OC.be 9,461,672 234
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,132,385 1,984
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,616,967 3,378
62 Free-DC 8,504,897 5,669

[Darkness Productions]

57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,769 0
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,867 23
59 Born2OC.be 9,462,110 438
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,134,742 2,357
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,619,388 2,421
62 Free-DC 8,510,437 5,540

[Darkness Productions]

57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,769 0
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,867 0
59 Born2OC.be 9,462,465 355
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,137,431 2,689
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,622,492 3,104
62 Free-DC 8,516,161 5,724

[Darkness Productions]

57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,769 0
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,867 0
59 Born2OC.be 9,462,791 326
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,139,521 2,090
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,625,415 2,923
62 Free-DC 8,521,629 5,468

[Darkness Productions]

57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,769 0
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,867 0
59 Born2OC.be 9,463,187 396
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,141,736 2,215
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,629,263 3,848
62 Free-DC 8,527,299 5,670

[Darkness Productions]

57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,817 48
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,867 0
59 Born2OC.be 9,463,706 519
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,143,429 1,693
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,631,687 2,424
62 Free-DC 8,532,818 5,519

[Darkness Productions]

57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,817 0
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,867 0
59 Born2OC.be 9,464,098 392
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,145,566 2,137
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,635,370 3,683
62 Free-DC 8,541,135 8,317

[IronBits]

Congrats to Darkness Productions for passing Perv Boy :thumbs:

[Darkness Productions]

57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,817 0
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,867 0
59 Born2OC.be 9,464,211 113
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,148,206 2,640
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,638,981 3,611
62 Free-DC 8,550,161 9,026

[Darkness Productions]

57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,817 0
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,867 0
59 Born2OC.be 9,464,455 244
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,150,340 2,134
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,641,804 2,823
62 Free-DC 8,558,592 8,431

[Darkness Productions]

57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,817 0
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,867 0
59 Born2OC.be 9,464,842 387
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,152,156 1,816
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,644,406 2,602
62 Free-DC 8,566,967 8,375

[Darkness Productions]

57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,817 0
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,867 0
59 Born2OC.be 9,465,220 378
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,154,194 2,038
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,647,242 2,836
62 Free-DC 8,575,795 8,828

[Darkness Productions]

57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,865 48
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,867 0
59 Born2OC.be 9,465,498 278
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,156,544 2,350
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,650,295 3,053
62 Free-DC 8,585,561 9,766

[Darkness Productions]

57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,865 0
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,867 0
59 Born2OC.be 9,465,665 167
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,158,485 1,941
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,653,482 3,187
62 Free-DC 8,594,213 8,652

[Darkness Productions]

57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,865 0
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,867 0
59 Born2OC.be 9,465,769 104
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,160,548 2,063
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,657,368 3,886
62 Free-DC 8,603,907 9,694

[Darkness Productions]

57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,865 0
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,867 0
59 Born2OC.be 9,465,911 142
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,162,946 2,398
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,660,611 3,243
62 Free-DC 8,622,240 18,333

[Darkness Productions]

57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,865 0
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,867 0
59 Born2OC.be 9,466,029 118
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,164,865 1,919
61 Libertarians for Privacy 8,662,869 2,258
62 Free-DC 8,644,749 22,509

[Darkness Productions]

56 2CPU.com's RC5 Team 9,785,011 6,051
57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,865 0
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,867 0
59 Born2OC.be 9,466,346 317
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,166,842 1,977
61 Free-DC 8,667,129 22,380

[Darkness Productions]

56 2CPU.com's RC5 Team 9,790,069 5,058
57 University of Virginia Computer Science 9,679,865 0
58 Texas Aggie Distributed Computing Team 9,612,867 0
59 Born2OC.be 9,466,545 199
60 Distributed Pegasos Team 9,169,489 2,647
61 Free-DC 8,689,341 22,212

[Fozzie]

and I'm as high as i can realistically be I've switched some borgage over to RC5-72.

Not much but it all helps, onwards to the top 50 in the teams ladder.