Setiathome

I don't know why I never got around to this before now.

I've known about Seti for years, but for some reason I never bothered to participate.

To participate, you just download a client from Seti downloads

After downloading and installing, if it's not a screensaver version, start it up with a script like:

cd /yoursetiinstalldir
while true
do
./setiathome > myseti.out
sleep 21600
done
 

If that script is called "seti", start it with "nohup seti &".

You'll be asked for your email address and other preferences. Once you have that, it begins collecting and processing data. If you want, you can join a group

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