Using your Linux box for volunteer computing
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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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http://www.linux.com/feature/130467
The PS3 does a lot of this.
Rigs of Rods v0.35 Free Full Game for Linux and Mac
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| Rigs of Rods, also known as RoR, is a truck, car, airplane and boat simulator
| in which you can drive, fly or sail in total freedom in an open environment.
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http://www.gamershell.com/news_47312.html
Related:
One million PS3s in distributed computing network
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| More than one million PlayStation 3 owners have registered as participants in
| the Folding@home project. This milestone was achieved in eleven months.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16481/1063/
PS3 available pre-installed with Linux
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| TerraSoft is now taking direct pre-orders with no delivery
| time guarantees for a Sony PS3 pre-installed with Linux,
| priced at $650.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7863481537.html
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