Ubuntu For A Cause

[Thomas Mashos]

I've retired from the Ubuntu oregon team and joined the Ubuntu Linux team.
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/viewTeamInfo.do?teamId=69P91PFQP1



On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com> wrote:

> Alright I seem to have set the bar pretty high and taken a commanding lead.
> Any contenders out there? Below are some of my stats.
>
>  Additional Statistics   Averages:     Avg. Run Time Per Calendar Day
> (y:d:h:m:s) 0:003:04:56:34   Avg. Run Time Per Result (y:d:h:m:s)
> 0:000:03:05:48   Avg. Points Per Hour of Run Time 142.48   Avg. Points Per
> Calendar Day 10,962.77   Avg. Points Per Result 441.23   Avg. Results Per
> Calendar Day 24.85   Miscellaneous:     Last Result Returned (UTC) 6/25/11
> 02:25:18 [2+ hour(s) ago]   Device Installations<http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ms/device/viewStatisticsByDevice.do>
> 2
>
>
> As for the BOINC client. You may have to tweak it a bit, although OOTB it
> should be fine. I had to tweak mine at home a bit in order to get it so I
> could use the computer at the same time. I might have had some old settings
> laying around as I've had the BOINC client installed in the past.
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 2:38 AM, Jay E <generaljaysee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm pretty new to Linux here, running Kubuntu 11.04 with Windows (cuz
>> I gots to have my games :p)
>>
>> But here in Portland we have a FreeGeek program that lets people get
>> free Ubuntu boxes fo volunteer work, once I have that would anybody be
>> able to walk me through setting it up to run BOINC exclusively?
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Benjamin Kerensa <bkerensa at gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:53:11 -0700
>> Subject: Re: Ubuntu For A Cause
>> To: ubuntu-us-or at lists.ubuntu.com
>>
>> One other thing... For those of you new to Distributed Computing once you
>> setup BOINC and configure it with all the appropriate settings it will run
>> in the background as a process based on the preferences you set which
>> makes
>> contributing to this project a hassle free task. If you ever desire to
>> change the preferences you can do so via GUI or you can pop open terminal
>> and use nano to edit the config files.
>>
>> If anyone needs help getting off the ground do not hesitate to ask.... I'm
>> thinking about building out a Dual Xeon 1U server just for contributing to
>> WCG although I might wait till winter because the extra heat is probably
>> not
>> going to be fun this summer ;p
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Brian Derr <bderrly at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Signed up. Thanks for introducing me to this project.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Benjamin Kerensa <bkerensa at gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hey Guys,
>> >>>
>> >>> I started a World Community Grid Team for Ubuntu Oregon:
>> >>>
>> http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/reg/viewRegister.do?teamID=2MT9M6H3Z1
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> It is really straightforward to install BOINC on Ubuntu and start
>> using
>> >>> spare CPU cycles towards WCG which makes use of your CPU power to do
>> >>> computing research on things like Aids, Cancer, Muscular Dystrophy and
>> more.
>> >>> I personally have two system running BOINC on Ubuntu Natty 24/7 and
>> have
>> >>> been for week or two now and hope more Ubuntu Oregon members will
>> contribute
>> >>> to this great cause and join the Ubuntu Oregon Team!
>> >>>
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>> >>>
>> >> Alright, you may have gotten a head start but it's on like Donkey Kong!
>> >>
>> >> Thomas
>> >>
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