I ran SETI "classic" for many years. Then I could not as network restrictions prohibited me receiving packets.
I now have a dedicated computer running UBUNTU and BOINC.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I would like to see a better way to passively monitor progress on work completed. Maybe a daily email with a digest of packets completed, in progress, validated, etc.
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.