LinuxCoin A lightweight Debian based OS with everything ready to go.

[drgr33n]

NEWS:

04/08/11
Patched version of UNetbootin for windows that has linuxcoin included in the drop down menu and will create a persistent USB install.

Download here !!!

Tutorial video

02/08/11
small bugfixes !!

Code:

apt-get update
apt-get install linuxcoin-bugfix-020811 smartcoin bitcoin

02/08/11

LinuxCoin-final live !!

Thanks everyone for testing the latest version of linuxcoin !! The final version is now available for download !!

10/07/11

The linuxcoin wiki is LIVE !!!. http://www.linuxcoin.co.uk

01/07/11

LinuxCoin 0.2.1b is out !!

What is LinuxCoin ?

LinuxCoin v0.2b is a small Debian Wheezy based OS created just for the bitcoin community. Linuxcoin has been designed with the average user in mind and everything is super simple to start using  / mining bitcoins.

I wanted to add that in no way LinuxCoin is just for mining ! It's also been designed with the bitcoin user in mind. You can easily encrypt your home folder and protect your precious wallet.dat when offline. LinuxCoin included everything for you to buy / sell goods and trade coins safely and not worrying whats being left on your computer. Unplug your flash media and the computer is just how you left it. You coins are stored on the flash media and cannot be accessed by anyone else even if they got hold of your stick. Providing you choose a strong pass phrase for your user !! Lots more info on password strength here ..

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

and here ..

http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/passwords-create.aspx

Remember guys !! You don't like something ? You want something changed ? Please before you ask for help here Google your problem and see if you can fix / update it for yourselves and then post to let others know how you solved your issues

I will do custom builds and design / add logo's etc but not for free If you require something more tailor made please feel free to hit me up here. Bitcoins are accepted

Whats changed ?

grsecurity / PaX hardened kernel
ck patch for the fastest CPU mining
secured bitcoin wallet option to encrypt and use your wallet.
GUIminer
Smartcoin munin plugins
Chromium replaced for iceweasel
tor / privoxy
lots more drivers / hardware support.
More miners including hashkill and cgminer.
Updated and optimized pyopencl
monit software watchdog
Updated PXE scripts (now they really do work lol)
Bug fixes etc
and lots more !!

MORE INFO TO COME !!!

The miners are stored in /opt/miners

Thanks to the guys that are hosting and for the guys that write the software that makes all this possible.

If LinuxCoin helped you please donate !!

Download Link

http://www.linuxcoin.co.uk/index.php?page=downloads

Information:


Login

For the people that have and probably will ask the root account has no password, you will have to set it yourself.

user: user
password: live

AMD SDK License

You need to accept the AMD SDK license before you start mining. Just click AMD License located in system on the menu.


Persistence. The easy way

Format your whole flash media in fat32 and install linuxcoin via unetbootin or whatever you prefer.

Download one of the following persistence file there's 512MB / 1GB / 2GB files

http://linuxcoin.co.uk/downloads/persistence

512.zip = 1/2GB
1024.zip = 1GB
2048.zip = 2GB

pop it onto the root of your memory card and reboot. (The root of the stick is where all the ubn* files are )

choose persistence

Also available is a patched version of unetbootin for windows that you can use to install linuxcoin to flash based media with persistence.

Download here !!!

Tutorial video

Encrypting your home folder !!

http://www.linuxcoin.co.uk/wiki/index.php/Encryption

HDD Install[/u]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP48GhFKDAQ

PXE scripts
LinuxCoin 0.2.1b now contain everything that is needed to act as a PXE server and distribute itself over a network to as many computers you desire. The scripts make it super simple to get everything up and running in a matter of minuets. Make sure you cram as much ram as you can afford into your nodes for stability.

REMEMBER TO SET YOUR CONFIG FILE /opt/PXE/globals.sh

Code:

./pxe_menu.sh

BitLotto's BOTG script

BOTG - Bitcoin Off-The-Grid
A tiny little script that uses openssl to create a private key along with a matching Bitcoin address. When run off of a Live CD environment, a very safe location for storing BTC can be created. Running on a Live CD with no Internet ensures no virus or malware can get the private key. The script will create a private key and present it in two formats: Hex and Base58. Either format can be used to access the matching Bitcoin address and helps provide redundancy in case one is copied down wrong. After copying down the keys and the matching Bitcoin address the user is advised to reboot the computer. Keeping the key "off-the-grid" or off any computer means no viruses or computer security lapses will jeopardize your BTC. No backups or encryption is needed. Any money you send to the matching Bitcoin address will be safe. The only way to steal the BTC would be to steal the key directly off of where it is written down. Therefore, it's best to keep the paper somewhere safe where it can't get destroyed or stolen.

Other uses could be:
-pre-loaded cards/tickets that are redeemable
-sending BTC when you are not sure who is going to receive it such as geo cache locations
-scratch cards or draws that are done at parties where everyone gets tickets with unknown amounts
-give BTC to someone and you don't know their Bitcoin address

To spend the BTC the private key has to be manually imported into a wallet. Once imported regular security precautions are needed. There are just a few utilities for importing keys but they are becoming more common. Online wallets may soon add the feature to "redeem" private keys.

To run:

Code:

cd /opt/BOTG
./botg.sh

Donations / Purchase LinuxCoin on a USB stick

Linuxcoin Donation Address: 1Pc9g2fmDML3EQ1r35KR4cRABwXE9nmHXW

All donations are greatly received !! I'm very poor lol

If your short on coins but want to donate I've created a linuxcoin worker on my deepbit account if anyone would like to donate some hashing power I'd be stoked !!

USERNAME: zarren2@hotmail.co.uk_1
PASSWORD: password

Buy a 2GB flash media with linuxcoin pre-installed ready to go for 2.5 BTC. PM me if your interested.

If you would like a custom build of LinuxCoin please feel free to PM me. I work for bitcoins lol !!

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[NghtRppr]

Will this work without a hard disk and CD-ROM?

[drgr33n]

yes of course. All you need is your flash media and your good to go

[NghtRppr]

yes of course. All you need is your flash media and your good to go

Alright, sweet. Thanks for this!

[Grinder]

Have you checked if you're allowed to distribute the AMD/ATI software?

[drgr33n]

Have you checked if you're allowed to distribute the AMD/ATI software?

Nope but I'm sure the debian guys did

[Internet151]

Why not use the ATI Stream SDK v2.1 for better performance?

[allinvain]

Definitely an interesting project and one that I shall be keeping a close eye on. I can definitely make use of this distro as it will save me quite some time setting up and configuring my own.

Best of luck!

[drgr33n]

Why not use the ATI Stream SDK v2.1 for better performance?

Because I thought it was questionable that SDK 2.1 is faster ? Do you have some more info ?

[dmp1ce]

I could not download the link.  Where do I get the ISO?  BTW, I think this project is brilliant.  I'll definitely be donating you some BTC if I get it to work on my machines.

[drgr33n]

Sorry posted the wrong link. I've a very slow connection here so its taking a while to upload.

[dmp1ce]

No problem.  When you get it uploaded I'll test it out and give you my feedback.

[Cdecker]

Why not use the ATI Stream SDK v2.1 for better performance?

Isn't there a problem with 6990 Cards? Or are they supported by 2.1 too?

[dmp1ce]

Why not use the ATI Stream SDK v2.1 for better performance?

Isn't there a problem with 6990 Cards? Or are they supported by 2.1 too?

I don't know, but I'm running my 6990 cards on 2.4.  I think 2.3 works too.

[drgr33n]

Yep there are problems with the newer 6XXX series cards hence the delay Reverting back to 2.4 and fglrx 11.3

[divergenta]

Wow! This looks like a really interesting project.

[drgr33n]

Wow! This looks like a really interesting project.

lol Thanks !! Right I've fixed and tested everything here phew ! Now uploading.

[PabloW]

Wow, really looking forward to this. If I ever get a dedicated mining rig I should definitely try this, instead of going with the easy Windows way

[dmp1ce]

I'm trying the OS now.  Is there a way to keep files around after reboot?  Every time I restart I lose all the changes I had made.

[divergenta]

I just tried out to. I liked it very much and everything worked smoothly in my opinion I'm still convinced that this a very interesting project.
The only thing that bothers me is that I couldn’t get my wifi to work at all on my hp compaq6510b when using LinuxCoin. But if I remember correctly I have had this problem with other live distributions as well so LinuxCoin is not to blame.

Anyway. Great work!