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    How to get started

    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)

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    [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

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

    Also does it require an active net connection?

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    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 [insert your email address here]'s password.". Once you click on that link, you should receive an email with your stats password shortly thereafter.
    Note: Your stats password will 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.

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

    Keep up the good work!

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    Popped my borgette

    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.
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    Here are some interesting stats from our friends over at MacNN

    http://teamstats.macnn.com/rc572/sta...ect&lolimit=30

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

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    UGTU UPI is behind us now

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    \o/

    Should knock off another 2 places in under a week!

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    who deleted all the stats? all the stats are belong to us
    the-mk

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    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

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    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
    the-mk

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    Congrats to Darkness Productions for passing Perv Boy

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    Now that OGR is going nowhere

    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.
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