feeleep
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May 04, 2013, 04:27:44 AM |
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i personally checked Linux and Windows and there is no difference at all
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May 04, 2013, 04:32:20 AM |
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I've had good luck with Win7. Win8 gave me trouble occasionally, and I could never get the hashrates I wanted out of linux.
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ryanb
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May 04, 2013, 04:58:43 AM |
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Windows 7 working well for me.
Disable aero and all nonsense.
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Caatoon
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May 04, 2013, 07:07:57 AM |
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I will try with Xubuntu 13.04 What do you think about ?
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BitByteBite
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May 04, 2013, 08:19:31 AM |
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Linux is easy with BAMT , though there hasn't been any updates for awhile
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aurefos
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May 04, 2013, 08:39:00 AM |
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I have a little more hashrate on Windows 8 than Ubuntu however it isn't so big to make a real difference.
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eretron
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May 04, 2013, 09:47:41 AM |
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maybe linux, but from my experience for multi GPU Win is best...
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zenrog
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May 04, 2013, 11:17:54 AM |
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w7 is rly good...
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Badabing
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May 04, 2013, 11:48:23 AM |
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Until now I can't still find a way to run my miner.
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darkry
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May 04, 2013, 12:06:19 PM |
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My experience as a newbie miner with single PC: tried both Xubuntu and Win7, and I'd suggest to go straight on with the latter (unless, as told before, you plan building a rig).
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lysr
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May 04, 2013, 01:47:15 PM |
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Windows without a doubt
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elloco4ever
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May 04, 2013, 02:47:59 PM |
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If the vga is doing all the job, with the propper drivers shouldnt be any problem, but if the CPU does some of the job too, maybe a littleweight windows should help too
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jcrubino
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May 04, 2013, 02:49:13 PM |
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Linux if you are developing any and all bitcoin services
I am surprised how often the alt coins put Windows releases first just to get a sugar rush of adopters.
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ollip1
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May 04, 2013, 03:50:36 PM |
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I use Linux but compiling coin daemon for solo might be some task. For example in JunkCoin it didn't work but it might have been that that was only for junk os like windows
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phyrexianslug
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May 04, 2013, 03:56:47 PM |
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"BEST" OS? depends on way too many variables to be a useful question IMHO.
Personally, I get mad at windows constantly for silly things (like making it difficult to capture low level event subsystem information, or some of the silly "Oh no, you shouldn't be doing something this way" messages you get.
Honestly though, main workstation these days is a windows 7 machine, with about 40 putty windows, 12 RDP sessions, and 5 VNC sessions.
Mining: I've always preferred any custom linux distro. all it takes is drivers + an application that can send work to cards.
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israfelwater
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August 14, 2013, 05:03:38 AM |
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If you are looking to install an OS just for mining, you might want to check into [Bit-OS]( https://sourceforge.net/projects/bit-os), which is a poject based on Ubuntu/Linux Mint with a Bitcoin mining screensaver all setup for you out of the box. If you are just going to be using the machine for mining check out [BAMT]( https://github.com/aaronwolfe/Big-A-Miner-Thing/wiki/Faq), however I didn't see a difference in hashrates running either, so for ease of setup and useability I would use Bit-OS. BAMT can run from a bootable USB, which is really cool, especially if you want run Windows. You can dual boot essentially without wiping Windows. Ofcourse, if you are running Windows it might be time to switch to Linux, and Linux Mint Cinnamon kind of aimed to feel like Windows XP, whereas Linux Mint Mate is more like Mac OSX ... Anyway, come to the dark side, come to Linux.
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pugs
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August 14, 2013, 05:43:43 AM |
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Pretty much what everyone said here, whoever has the best amd driver support. Probably windows OS, and I'm not 100% sure, but i think the drivers are somewhat configurable so u can also mold them to do your bidding and be better utilized. ultimately tho, Asics are so utterly devouring GPU and FPGA mining in price/performance that it doesn't really matter
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August 14, 2013, 04:33:35 PM |
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linux maybe easy remote control or compile tools
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chrono030
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August 14, 2013, 05:06:22 PM |
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Another option is to grab a raspberry pi and mine with that... As the difficulty skyrockets the price of electricity is going to significantly affect the profitability of units. The self contained units (ala KNC) that have linux running on them are likely to be more efficient than others (BFL - which needs to be plugged into a host.)
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hyperchameleon
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August 14, 2013, 05:34:40 PM |
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I use windows 7 but I'm starting.
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