If I had two computers running ubuntu server (or just one) could I "hook" the two machines together to double processing power? How would that work?
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Sounds like you want to cluster them to make the most of the processing power. Awesome idea! I would take a look at:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuClusters
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EasyUbuntuClustering
https://www.linux.com/community/blogs/133-general-linux/9401
(Building a Beowulf Cluster in just 13 steps)
Happy hacking!