If you're like a lot of folks on here you have a cutting-edge system that spends most of its time idling on a blank screen or running a cool screensaver. It's possibel to donate your spare cycles to cancer and other medical research using Folding@Home.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folding_at_home

There are a couple of Ubuntu teams, but we're in the process of attempting to unify behind the team with the most points. Here's the link.

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/...&teamnum=45104

And here's the wiki page.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoldingAtHom...=%28folding%29

Also, here's a great post on Hackaday about tips for competitive folding.

http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000673058540/

Come join the team and have some competitive geeky fun while helping cure diseases! What could be better?