:: 21-Oct-2003 04:30 GMT (Tuesday) ::
There’s a new release-candidate client for OpenVMS/Alpha available on
the pre-release page. This is the first update in awhile for that
platform, so early feedback from anyone on that platform is
appreciated. http://www.distributed.net/download/prerelease.php
We’re close to having an optimized AMD64 (x86_64) client with a
hand-optimized natively 64-bit RC5-72 core in it. If you’re
interested in the progress of this, you can follow this bug for
status. http://n0cgi.distributed.net/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=3387
Currently we’re trying to tweak a few more cycles out of this core
before releasing something.
Two weeks ago we upgraded the translated language selection
functionality on our website to use a cookie-based technique instead
of purely Apache’s mod_negotiation. This results in a more consistent
user-experience if you explicitly pick another language translation
and then navigate around the website. For technical details see
http://n0cgi.distributed.net/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=3380
If you think you’d like to help out with translation or updating of
some of the localized versions of our webpages, feel free to send an
email to mikereed@distributed.net indicating what language(s) you’re
able to accommodate.
The proxyinfo status pages should also be functioning again, after a
few days of not being available. A bug in one of our stylesheets was
preventing them from being regenerated.
Also if you think you have a reasonable amount of experience with PHP
and PostgreSQL and would like to help out with the implementation of
some exciting new features on our stats pages, join #distributed on
irc.distributed.net or e-mail decibel@distributed.net