On 16 April 2010 09:28, Ciarán Mooney <general.moo...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi, > >>> Keeping an IRC client (irssi) and other stuff open 24/7 in an instance >>> of screen. >> >> Ah, so you are able to install stuff? >> > > Apart from the fact their Terms and Conditions explicitly state that > don't allow that > > "(Our) definition of a background process would be any process that is > detached/nohup'd and stays running after you log out. Example: > starting screen, starting irssi and logging out. Not cool. HOWEVER, > note that we do not have a problem with you running screen with > multiple windows, while staying connected to our servers. We are not > crazy overlords and want you to be able to work in peace." > > http://devio.us/policy >
Sorry, I should have made it clearer that you need a premium account ($2 or $3 a month to do that). Premium accounts, among other things, let you run 1 or 2 background processes (depending on how much you paid). screen doesn't count as a background process, so for example running screen with 3 windows - one just running bash, one running irssi and one running lynx - would count as 2 background processes. -- Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.com Vote Lib Dem - Building a fairer Britain - http://libdems.org.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/