Using your Linux box for volunteer computing

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Mar 31, 2008 11:41 AM EDT
Linux.com; By Peter Enseleit
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You can do your part to help tackle such global issues as disease control and climate prediction simply by volunteering your computer's resources to solve complex computational problems. The concept, known as volunteer computing, benefits universities and research institutions around the world, who conduct projects that often have humanitarian goals, such as predicting and controlling the spread of malaria in Africa.

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