HI Alex and EB,
I'm a Linux noob also but I got it installed running with the Finstall and the help of the FaHWiki.
I think I'm going back to Windows on my Folding Rig. It was running a 500+ point WU and sat at 3.63% for will over 24hrs, so I stopped the client and restarted it again. Instead of running the same WU it went and got another one. The Windows client would've picked up at the last save point.
http://fahwiki.net/index.php/How_tos#Linux