Ubuntu-us-or Digest, Vol 27, Issue 3

Wed Jun 15 22:54:36 UTC 2011

Jay E,

Yeah when you get your FreeGeek box let me know I can help you out.

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 2:38 AM, <ubuntu-us-or-request at lists.ubuntu.com>wrote:

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>   1. Re: Ubuntu For A Cause (Thomas Mashos)
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>   3. Re: Ubuntu For A Cause (Benjamin Kerensa)
>   4. Fwd: Ubuntu For A Cause (Jay E)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com>
> To: Benjamin Kerensa <bkerensa at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:49:32 -0700
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu For A Cause
> 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
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Brian Derr <bderrly at gmail.com>
> To: Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com>
> Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:08:37 -0700
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu For A Cause
> 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!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ubuntu-us-or mailing list
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>> Alright, you may have gotten a head start but it's on like Donkey Kong!
>>
>> Thomas
>>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Benjamin Kerensa <bkerensa at gmail.com>
> To: ubuntu-us-or at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:53:11 -0700
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu For A Cause
> 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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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jay E <generaljaysee at gmail.com>
> To: ubuntu-us-or at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 02:38:39 -0700
> Subject: Fwd: Ubuntu For A Cause
> 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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