What is the Uptime Project?

The Uptime-Project is a Fun-Project. Using their service you can collect all your uptime-data (your computer's uptime) and compete against other users.

This is beneficial to Ubuntu as it is another form of passive advertisement.

The Ubuntu league can be found here http://ubuntu.league.uptime-project.net

In order to report your 'uptime' you need do download a client. The current recommended client for a 32-bit processor (most people) is "Yasuc".

To Install:

Ensure you have 'joined' Uptime-Project and the ubuntu league at http://ubuntu.league.uptime-project.net

Open a terminal window.

• Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal

Download the client (check http://en.uptime-project.net/geturl.php?id=2 for latest client)

• In the terminal type:

  wget http://www.i-glyphix.net/files/yasuc-0.4.1_x86_linux.tar.bz2

Extract it - rename to fit current version

• type: tar xjvf yasuc-0.4.1_x86_linux.tar.bz2

Start Install

• type cd dist/yasuc-0.4.1/ sudo ./install.sh

Enter your username and password

• sudo gedit /etc/yasuc.conf

Update our uptime automatically

Make it a 'cron' job - scheduled task to it automatically updates

• sudo crontab -e 40 * * * * /bin/yasuc

Then press :wq to save

All done

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