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December 13, 2013, 05:04:37 AM |
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I use Ubuntu for my desktop, and for my mining. I also have a Raspberry Pi that I'm working on moving all of my stratum-proxy and bfgminer tasks to. (:
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darkstaticfire
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December 13, 2013, 05:18:04 AM |
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I agree op, if you're using windows at least get some protection. I reformatted recently because I found out I had a keylogger for 2 days on my computer. I found the data file in appdata/roaming and it had all of my chat conversations, browsing history, passwords, ETC. MBAM is a pretty good service, make sure you're running something like it.
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December 13, 2013, 05:30:19 AM |
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Windows XP. - It is sufficient to run almost all altcoin clients if you are not mining (they are nearly built for Win32 by default.)
- You can assign a separate VM to each client (no real opportunity for malware.) The overhead of a WinXP VM is not too large. Just don't give it write access to the host HDD!
- Fast User Switching is harder to exploit than sudo or UAC because sessions/processes are isolated
- There is no other OS so well-debugged for so long that is still having new software developed for it. Comparable Linux/BSD/OSX versions (i.e. those with no new features for a decade) are long abandoned.
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December 13, 2013, 09:18:17 AM |
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Linux is much better than windows 8, that's for sure. Unfortunately I didn't know how to install all the drivers onto linux for my rig so I had to go with windows. I hate it with a passion. The home screen looks like it belongs on an xbox/tablet.
Anyone care to advise a point and click method of installing the AMD drivers on linux?
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hieroglyph
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December 13, 2013, 09:34:56 AM |
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I think it is time for me to take a look at linux as Win7 is gonna be old news in the coming months if it isn't considered so already, heh. Will follow this thread so I can look it over when I have a bit more time but thanks for sharing the info.
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nahtnam
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December 14, 2013, 01:27:37 AM |
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I think I agree with the OP here. But talking OSs on the internet is a little like talking politics at a family reunion.
That can go down to hell really fast.
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nahtnam
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December 14, 2013, 01:28:54 AM |
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Linux is much better than windows 8, that's for sure. Unfortunately I didn't know how to install all the drivers onto linux for my rig so I had to go with windows. I hate it with a passion. The home screen looks like it belongs on an xbox/tablet.
Anyone care to advise a point and click method of installing the AMD drivers on linux?
On my computer I have windows 7, 8, and ubuntu. I use ubuntu mainly (haven't switched to windows in 3 months). Ubuntu should recognize most drivers and install them for you.
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pand70
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December 14, 2013, 04:12:45 AM |
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Windows XP. - It is sufficient to run almost all altcoin clients if you are not mining (they are nearly built for Win32 by default.)
- You can assign a separate VM to each client (no real opportunity for malware.) The overhead of a WinXP VM is not too large. Just don't give it write access to the host HDD!
- Fast User Switching is harder to exploit than sudo or UAC because sessions/processes are isolated
- There is no other OS so well-debugged for so long that is still having new software developed for it. Comparable Linux/BSD/OSX versions (i.e. those with no new features for a decade) are long abandoned.
Aren't windows xp obsolete and abandoned from microsoft already? I mean no updates not anything. I remember reading a roadmap about future support of os by microsoft but i can't seem to find it now.
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December 14, 2013, 01:37:47 PM |
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Windows XP. - It is sufficient to run almost all altcoin clients if you are not mining (they are nearly built for Win32 by default.)
- You can assign a separate VM to each client (no real opportunity for malware.) The overhead of a WinXP VM is not too large. Just don't give it write access to the host HDD!
- Fast User Switching is harder to exploit than sudo or UAC because sessions/processes are isolated
- There is no other OS so well-debugged for so long that is still having new software developed for it. Comparable Linux/BSD/OSX versions (i.e. those with no new features for a decade) are long abandoned.
Aren't windows xp obsolete and abandoned from microsoft already? I mean no updates not anything. I remember reading a roadmap about future support of os by microsoft but i can't seem to find it now. EOL is April 14, 2014
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raskolnikovx (OP)
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December 15, 2013, 03:31:45 PM |
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Windows XP. - It is sufficient to run almost all altcoin clients if you are not mining (they are nearly built for Win32 by default.)
- You can assign a separate VM to each client (no real opportunity for malware.) The overhead of a WinXP VM is not too large. Just don't give it write access to the host HDD!
- Fast User Switching is harder to exploit than sudo or UAC because sessions/processes are isolated
- There is no other OS so well-debugged for so long that is still having new software developed for it. Comparable Linux/BSD/OSX versions (i.e. those with no new features for a decade) are long abandoned.
Aren't windows xp obsolete and abandoned from microsoft already? I mean no updates not anything. I remember reading a roadmap about future support of os by microsoft but i can't seem to find it now. EOL is April 14, 2014 Despite this lots of people still use XP =(
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caminilegroup
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December 15, 2013, 03:54:46 PM |
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Windows XP. - It is sufficient to run almost all altcoin clients if you are not mining (they are nearly built for Win32 by default.)
- You can assign a separate VM to each client (no real opportunity for malware.) The overhead of a WinXP VM is not too large. Just don't give it write access to the host HDD!
- Fast User Switching is harder to exploit than sudo or UAC because sessions/processes are isolated
- There is no other OS so well-debugged for so long that is still having new software developed for it. Comparable Linux/BSD/OSX versions (i.e. those with no new features for a decade) are long abandoned.
Aren't windows xp obsolete and abandoned from microsoft already? I mean no updates not anything. I remember reading a roadmap about future support of os by microsoft but i can't seem to find it now. EOL is April 14, 2014 Despite this lots of people still use XP =( There is nothing wrong with XP. Yes no more updates after April of 2014 but it is a solid OS. XP's network stack could be easily manipulated to do sniffing functions, you didn't have to worry about UAC. Besides 98, Microsoft got it right with XP. 7 is nice, but compatibility for older programs is problematic, 64 bit support is great for newer systems with more than 3 gig of ram, and the fact you can run 32bit programs is nice on the 64bit version.
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December 15, 2013, 04:55:58 PM |
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agree,linux ftw.
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December 15, 2013, 05:03:51 PM |
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Sure Linux is more solid.
Just one point: if you are mining with GPUs though, and want to tweak things like GPU voltage and such I think this comes to be harder on Linux than on Win since there are not as much utilities / drivers for this.
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December 15, 2013, 05:10:14 PM |
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Windows is good just for games, but using Bitcoin wallet there? no thank you
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I need crypto in my life and garbage out of it.
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nahtnam
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December 15, 2013, 09:07:50 PM |
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Windows XP. - It is sufficient to run almost all altcoin clients if you are not mining (they are nearly built for Win32 by default.)
- You can assign a separate VM to each client (no real opportunity for malware.) The overhead of a WinXP VM is not too large. Just don't give it write access to the host HDD!
- Fast User Switching is harder to exploit than sudo or UAC because sessions/processes are isolated
- There is no other OS so well-debugged for so long that is still having new software developed for it. Comparable Linux/BSD/OSX versions (i.e. those with no new features for a decade) are long abandoned.
Aren't windows xp obsolete and abandoned from microsoft already? I mean no updates not anything. I remember reading a roadmap about future support of os by microsoft but i can't seem to find it now. EOL is April 14, 2014 Despite this lots of people still use XP =( There is nothing wrong with XP. Yes no more updates after April of 2014 but it is a solid OS. XP's network stack could be easily manipulated to do sniffing functions, you didn't have to worry about UAC. Besides 98, Microsoft got it right with XP. 7 is nice, but compatibility for older programs is problematic, 64 bit support is great for newer systems with more than 3 gig of ram, and the fact you can run 32bit programs is nice on the 64bit version. I still know people who are using XP and they still love it!
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December 15, 2013, 09:17:21 PM |
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Windows XP. - It is sufficient to run almost all altcoin clients if you are not mining (they are nearly built for Win32 by default.)
- You can assign a separate VM to each client (no real opportunity for malware.) The overhead of a WinXP VM is not too large. Just don't give it write access to the host HDD!
- Fast User Switching is harder to exploit than sudo or UAC because sessions/processes are isolated
- There is no other OS so well-debugged for so long that is still having new software developed for it. Comparable Linux/BSD/OSX versions (i.e. those with no new features for a decade) are long abandoned.
Aren't windows xp obsolete and abandoned from microsoft already? I mean no updates not anything. I remember reading a roadmap about future support of os by microsoft but i can't seem to find it now. EOL is April 14, 2014 Despite this lots of people still use XP =( There is nothing wrong with XP. Yes no more updates after April of 2014 but it is a solid OS. XP's network stack could be easily manipulated to do sniffing functions, you didn't have to worry about UAC. Besides 98, Microsoft got it right with XP. 7 is nice, but compatibility for older programs is problematic, 64 bit support is great for newer systems with more than 3 gig of ram, and the fact you can run 32bit programs is nice on the 64bit version. I still know people who are using XP and they still love it! Whenever I have to use any windows based programs, I have a XP vm just for it. Hell, I would still use 98se if I could.
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raspcoin
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December 15, 2013, 09:18:14 PM |
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I approve of the opening post, but I do not think it is a good idea to use banks as role models for this purpose. One of the points of cryptocurrencies is to be able to avoid them.
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December 15, 2013, 09:25:06 PM |
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I still know people who are using XP and they still love it!
I using XP, it is best Windows ever, especially on low end computers.
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freakying99
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December 15, 2013, 09:36:33 PM |
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I must agree with this pattern, Windows 8 sucks as well
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