or using a permanent offline windows pc only
Any OS offline is safe. For online, you are best off with linux.
Topic: Everyone doing cryptocoins should be using Linux as OS (Read 5308 times)
Any OS offline is safe. For online, you are best off with linux.
or using a permanent offline windows pc only
I remember I had an older (2006) hp laptop that had nvidia on it. I installed Fedora Core on it, and luckily nvidia had linux drivers, you had to compile them, but they provided them.
Took me a while to get it to work correctly but I did. I have a computer right now that I would love to put linux on, but it has a nvidia card in it, screw that, 7 it is.
Took me a while to get it to work correctly but I did. I have a computer right now that I would love to put linux on, but it has a nvidia card in it, screw that, 7 it is.
Hey atelast you have windows 7. Windows 8 is crap. What's funny is that hp is bragging that they are now selling windows 7 computers instead of windows 8.
I remember I had an older (2006) hp laptop that had nvidia on it. I installed Fedora Core on it, and luckily nvidia had linux drivers, you had to compile them, but they provided them.
Took me a while to get it to work correctly but I did. I have a computer right now that I would love to put linux on, but it has a nvidia card in it, screw that, 7 it is.
Took me a while to get it to work correctly but I did. I have a computer right now that I would love to put linux on, but it has a nvidia card in it, screw that, 7 it is.
thanks for the info!
When you check out, there are not a lot of people trusting Windows with valued data. If you have a company and want to handle data you will most likely go with some kind of Unix based server. Banks, for instance, wont use Windows servers to handle customers money and transactions.
I dont know about you, but I would like to go to bed knowing I am using a robust operating system to handle my Bitcoins. Nowadays you can end up having a lot of money on cryptocoins and (even if you got them really cheap) its time to start protecting them the same way you protect your money.
So maybe its time to download Ubuntu or Debian.
If you dont want to change your Windows life get an dedicated computer for Bitcoins, install some Linux flavor on it and use your online wallets and exchanges from there.
Remember that, with Bitcoin, you are your Bank!
I dont know about you, but I would like to go to bed knowing I am using a robust operating system to handle my Bitcoins. Nowadays you can end up having a lot of money on cryptocoins and (even if you got them really cheap) its time to start protecting them the same way you protect your money.
So maybe its time to download Ubuntu or Debian.
If you dont want to change your Windows life get an dedicated computer for Bitcoins, install some Linux flavor on it and use your online wallets and exchanges from there.
Remember that, with Bitcoin, you are your Bank!
This!
Totally agree. If you want to keep windows, get a raspberry pi ($25) and keep your btc on there. If it crashes, you can just take out the ad card.
When you check out, there are not a lot of people trusting Windows with valued data. If you have a company and want to handle data you will most likely go with some kind of Unix based server. Banks, for instance, wont use Windows servers to handle customers money and transactions.
I dont know about you, but I would like to go to bed knowing I am using a robust operating system to handle my Bitcoins. Nowadays you can end up having a lot of money on cryptocoins and (even if you got them really cheap) its time to start protecting them the same way you protect your money.
So maybe its time to download Ubuntu or Debian.
If you dont want to change your Windows life get an dedicated computer for Bitcoins, install some Linux flavor on it and use your online wallets and exchanges from there.
Remember that, with Bitcoin, you are your Bank!
I dont know about you, but I would like to go to bed knowing I am using a robust operating system to handle my Bitcoins. Nowadays you can end up having a lot of money on cryptocoins and (even if you got them really cheap) its time to start protecting them the same way you protect your money.
So maybe its time to download Ubuntu or Debian.
If you dont want to change your Windows life get an dedicated computer for Bitcoins, install some Linux flavor on it and use your online wallets and exchanges from there.
Remember that, with Bitcoin, you are your Bank!
This!
Yes, Linux is definately the way to go for security and better control and debugging. Windows may be user friendly, but it is a pain to debug anything on Windows. I have spent wasted hours on a problem that was not really there, just because Windows decided it will not work normally for that day. The coin I am currently mining still has no Linux client, but as soon as one is released I will chnge to Linux.
I'm definitely using it. I'd recommend it to anyone. I learned how to code because of it and now I make a living that way.
I do not share this argumentation.
While it might be true that if Linux becomes the most used OS tomorrow more people will start working on viruses for it, Linux itself is a "I wont do this for you" operating system. I think this is where most Windows users get stuck. Just think on it: on windows you google for an app download it and install it by clicking. On Linux you search for a package (most of the time on you distro packages web), you get it, you go to console, you ask for su permissions to install with a command (apt) and then install it if you have all the packages.
So, it would be fair to say that while on Windows you can get shit installed by browsing the web, on Linux you are going to do some work to get your virus working.
While it might be true that if Linux becomes the most used OS tomorrow more people will start working on viruses for it, Linux itself is a "I wont do this for you" operating system. I think this is where most Windows users get stuck. Just think on it: on windows you google for an app download it and install it by clicking. On Linux you search for a package (most of the time on you distro packages web), you get it, you go to console, you ask for su permissions to install with a command (apt) and then install it if you have all the packages.
So, it would be fair to say that while on Windows you can get shit installed by browsing the web, on Linux you are going to do some work to get your virus working.
You're right about "I wont do this for you" OS. Even more - "I won't have correct software or driver support for you" - comes to mind. If you click "agree" on every popup (if you even get those) while using internet explorer, then you deserve a virus. Also there's UAC which surves it's purpose.
Linux is good for servers, liveCD's and as a little playthingy OS maybe.
Linux alone will not save you. You must know how to set it up properly + how to behave on internet
Obviously but it's better if most of the hackers don't target your os
But if the linux becomes ultimate mainstream for all things bitcoin then it will be target #1
Also with all those distros floating around - temptation is high to inject some malware into some smaller distro. Or some essential piece of software on github. No risk of that in a windows/mac.
Also I've recently tried latest xubuntu for one of my miners, and was surprised that it needs 5+ gb space, and could not do networking out of the box. Linux driver support sucks. There's no one to work on the kernel for free.
I do not share this argumentation.
While it might be true that if Linux becomes the most used OS tomorrow more people will start working on viruses for it, Linux itself is a "I wont do this for you" operating system. I think this is where most Windows users get stuck. Just think on it: on windows you google for an app download it and install it by clicking. On Linux you search for a package (most of the time on you distro packages web), you get it, you go to console, you ask for su permissions to install with a command (apt) and then install it if you have all the packages.
So, it would be fair to say that while on Windows you can get shit installed by browsing the web, on Linux you are going to do some work to get your virus working.
Of course that Linux itself is not enough. If you use dictionary passwords you might be victim of brute force and this is not related to you os.
Regarding the "Viruses included on small distros". This is a myth. Linux code is open and nobody includes new features on a Distro without being sure of intentionallity. This sounds like what Microsoft would tell to its Windows users to keep them afraid and far away from Linux.
Linux alone will not save you. You must know how to set it up properly + how to behave on internet
Obviously but it's better if most of the hackers don't target your os
But if the linux becomes ultimate mainstream for all things bitcoin then it will be target #1
Also with all those distros floating around - temptation is high to inject some malware into some smaller distro. Or some essential piece of software on github. No risk of that in a windows/mac.
Also I've recently tried latest xubuntu for one of my miners, and was surprised that it needs 5+ gb space, and could not do networking out of the box. Linux driver support sucks. There's no one to work on the kernel for free.
With ubuntu, ALL of the drivers (except for some windows only stuff) work!
Actually no. At work we have one old pc, with onboard Via gpu, which is not supported by linux Xwindow (or what do you call it) so only terminal available for you there.
Another machine - it would get stuck on updates (although in that case it was mint, not xubuntu)
And two days ago - one of my, quite contemporary, mobos with your average realtek ethernet controller would fail to connect straight away after install.
I was talking about my computer. My computer just has on-board intel graphics and it supports it.
Someone like my grandmother using linux is probably just as insecure as she is on Windows.
Nothing but education will save you.
Nothing but education will save you.
And you can use a live cd to try linux before installing it. Linux is actually rather smooth as well...I recommend trying mint.
Linux alone will not save you. You must know how to set it up properly + how to behave on internet
Obviously but it's better if most of the hackers don't target your os
But if the linux becomes ultimate mainstream for all things bitcoin then it will be target #1
Also with all those distros floating around - temptation is high to inject some malware into some smaller distro. Or some essential piece of software on github. No risk of that in a windows/mac.
Also I've recently tried latest xubuntu for one of my miners, and was surprised that it needs 5+ gb space, and could not do networking out of the box. Linux driver support sucks. There's no one to work on the kernel for free.
With ubuntu, ALL of the drivers (except for some windows only stuff) work!
Actually no. At work we have one old pc, with onboard Via gpu, which is not supported by linux Xwindow (or what do you call it) so only terminal available for you there.
Another machine - it would get stuck on updates (although in that case it was mint, not xubuntu)
And two days ago - one of my, quite contemporary, mobos with your average realtek ethernet controller would fail to connect straight away after install.
Linux alone will not save you. You must know how to set it up properly + how to behave on internet
Obviously but it's better if most of the hackers don't target your os
But if the linux becomes ultimate mainstream for all things bitcoin then it will be target #1
Also with all those distros floating around - temptation is high to inject some malware into some smaller distro. Or some essential piece of software on github. No risk of that in a windows/mac.
Also I've recently tried latest xubuntu for one of my miners, and was surprised that it needs 5+ gb space, and could not do networking out of the box. Linux driver support sucks. There's no one to work on the kernel for free.
With ubuntu, ALL of the drivers (except for some windows only stuff) work!
Linux alone will not save you. You must know how to set it up properly + how to behave on internet
Obviously but it's better if most of the hackers don't target your os
But if the linux becomes ultimate mainstream for all things bitcoin then it will be target #1
Also with all those distros floating around - temptation is high to inject some malware into some smaller distro. Or some essential piece of software on github. No risk of that in a windows/mac.
Also I've recently tried latest xubuntu for one of my miners, and was surprised that it needs 5+ gb space, and could not do networking out of the box. Linux driver support sucks. There's no one to work on the kernel for free.
Linux alone will not save you. You must know how to set it up properly + how to behave on internet
Obviously but it's better if most of the hackers don't target your os
Linux users are lucky since windows is an easier target.
Linux alone will not save you. You must know how to set it up properly + how to behave on internet
Obviously but it's better if most of the hackers don't target your os
Linux alone will not save you. You must know how to set it up properly + how to behave on internet
Yes, make sure you have 2 factor installed for EVERYTHING and your phone is on you at all times. One bad habbit I used to do (which is highly unsafe) was that I put phone numbers as my google voice so I only have to login to my email which makes it easy to hack. Now I have all phone numbers linked to my google voice account, BUT I put 2 factor on my email and I have 10 spare keys on a peivce of paper just in case my phone runs out of battery.
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