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Title: Ubuntu 12.04 vs 10.04 for Dedicated Wallet Rig Post by: FortPotato on November 08, 2013, 07:41:26 PM Hi everyone,
I'm trying to make a computer that will use either 12.04 or 10.04 to host a Virtual Windows 7 machine for Cryptocurrency wallets (BTC, LTC, and MEC). The Virtual Box image will be in a Truecrypt archive on the Ubuntu hard drive, which will be encrypted using the built in Ubuntu drive encryption software. Basically, should I use 12.04 or 10.04 for this? I'm thinking 10.04 because it is less resource hungry. Thanks Title: Re: Ubuntu 12.04 vs 10.04 for Dedicated Wallet Rig Post by: maaku on November 09, 2013, 01:12:57 AM Kubuntu is still pretty beefy. Perhaps Xubuntu (http://xubuntu.org/) is a better fit?
Title: Re: Ubuntu 12.04 vs 10.04 for Dedicated Wallet Rig Post by: redtwitz on November 09, 2013, 01:46:01 AM I'm trying to make a computer that will use either 12.04 or 10.04 to host a Virtual Windows 7 machine for Cryptocurrency wallets. Why so complicated? Why wouldn't you just install the wallets in Ubuntu? Basically, should I use 12.04 or 10.04 for this? I'm thinking 10.04 because it is less resource hungry. Software for 12.04 is more up-to-date, so I'd choose that one. If the CPU is slow and/or old, the paravirtualization is going to be a much bigger problem than the GUI. In any case, you could install GNOME Fallback (sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback) if you don't want to waste resources on Unity or install a lighter distro (Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Mint Cinnamon/MATE), like maaku suggested. |