Topic: Got all my mining rig gear, should I use windows or linux? (Read 3675 times)
Ubuntu!
Linux, no doubt...
So many people are gonna learn Linux that otherwise would have not, I think it's Bonus !!! 
Not a Miner... But a Linux Mint User !
Linux, no doubt...
Vam, +1 
windows
If you have to ask then I'd say Windows.
I would go Windows if you have the license..
A) you have paid for it..
~Hands
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A) you have paid for it..
~Hands
(here is the ubiquitous "donate" wallet ID 13d46unynPiuspsND1fC3kuPeb8szgWv4T)
Not required for initial mining. With rearming you have 120 days of legal use or for that matter download a Live VM from Microsoft for "testing" to get 30-60 days.
I would go Windows if you have the license..
A) you have paid for it..
B) its very easy (and just as fast, maybe faster because of the OC tools out there)
C) dummy plugs are not a limiting concern because they are ridiculously easy to make -> http://www.overclock.net/folding-home-guides-tutorials/384733-30-second-dummy-plug.html
fyi: I like to wrap my dummy plugs in electrial tape once I have finished the 1 minute construction process.
Also the new GUIMiner with Phoenix and phatk support is awesome!
I have 3 rigs all setup the same... I get them running with a monitor hooked up (and 1 dummy plug in each of the rest of my videocards), then I go download tightVNC http://www.tightvnc.com/.... Once I know tightVNC is installed and I can connect to the machine, I shut it down. move it to its new "home" in my house, give it a network connection, power, and a dummy plug for that last card and turn it on.. Then I walk back to my laptop, login over tightVNC and kick off my miners (and usually Afterburner because I like to keep track of my temps and tune voltage & clock speed).
* You may have to go into to your screen properties and actually activate the other monitors to get all of your GPUs to activate
Don't use Remote Desktop.. MS is smart enought to know that a remote desktop connection isn't actually using the screen so the GPUs are disabled/blocked from your session. Thats why I use tightVNC.
~Hands
(here is the ubiquitous "donate" wallet ID 13d46unynPiuspsND1fC3kuPeb8szgWv4T)
A) you have paid for it..
B) its very easy (and just as fast, maybe faster because of the OC tools out there)
C) dummy plugs are not a limiting concern because they are ridiculously easy to make -> http://www.overclock.net/folding-home-guides-tutorials/384733-30-second-dummy-plug.html
fyi: I like to wrap my dummy plugs in electrial tape once I have finished the 1 minute construction process.
Also the new GUIMiner with Phoenix and phatk support is awesome!
I have 3 rigs all setup the same... I get them running with a monitor hooked up (and 1 dummy plug in each of the rest of my videocards), then I go download tightVNC http://www.tightvnc.com/.... Once I know tightVNC is installed and I can connect to the machine, I shut it down. move it to its new "home" in my house, give it a network connection, power, and a dummy plug for that last card and turn it on.. Then I walk back to my laptop, login over tightVNC and kick off my miners (and usually Afterburner because I like to keep track of my temps and tune voltage & clock speed).
* You may have to go into to your screen properties and actually activate the other monitors to get all of your GPUs to activate
Don't use Remote Desktop.. MS is smart enought to know that a remote desktop connection isn't actually using the screen so the GPUs are disabled/blocked from your session. Thats why I use tightVNC.
~Hands
(here is the ubiquitous "donate" wallet ID 13d46unynPiuspsND1fC3kuPeb8szgWv4T)
Thanks! This post answered a couple questions I had.
LOL, what a wonderful bias
LOL, that's a biased statement, clearly. I don't feel the need to make an argument for either. You should use whatever works for you - it's that simple.
Linux vs. Windows is as old as ... [choose you favorite Old Testament paragraph here]
Windows is insecure, slower and expensive. Linux is (more) secure, faster (mining included) and FREE.
If you want to reboot your mining rigs every other x hours, get lower hasing rates and your passwords/wallet stolen... go windows!
Windows is insecure, slower and expensive. Linux is (more) secure, faster (mining included) and FREE.
If you want to reboot your mining rigs every other x hours, get lower hasing rates and your passwords/wallet stolen... go windows!
And in terms of results, my hashrate average hashrate on windows is higher (by almost 30 Mash/s) than what I had on Ubuntu without overclocking in either case. That's not what most other people have seen, but that has been the case here.
Perhaps for others, yes. Windows licenses are not an issue for me, I have several.
If you're going to build multiple rigs the license fees for Windows will start to add up, might as well get used to Linux.
Sure, but what may be the security concerns if you're mining in a pool?
Linux.
Because it is more secure. And security matters a lot when dealing with bitcoins. Better start learning linux now then wait until some your windows machine is compromised and bitcoins are stolen.
Because it is more secure. And security matters a lot when dealing with bitcoins. Better start learning linux now then wait until some your windows machine is compromised and bitcoins are stolen.
whenever you have a project that cannot be accomplished in an easy/safe/cheap manner with windoze, think LINUX. there is a learning curve, OK, but long term benefits far outweight short-term trouble
I personally use Windows 7 x64; however, this is because I got a license (legally, through MSDNAA) at no cost, and because I don't have a dedicated mining rig (the machine I'm on now is used for everything). If I had a dedicated mining rig, I would probably be using one of the more popular Linux distributions, unless I could get another Windows license at no cost.
Wild piracy would cause a lot of people to lose jobs and their livelihoods, because not everyone is an enterprising entrepreneur.
It's the opposite. Piracy creates jobs.
Oh yeah, that's why all the piracy rampant countries are software power houses? Face it, piracy destroyed the software industry in these countries, their talented programmers are now nothing but out-sourced coding monkeys for the powerful software companies in countries who has strict enforcement copyright laws.
Face it, you've swallowed propaganda.
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Wild piracy would cause a lot of people to lose jobs and their livelihoods, because not everyone is an enterprising entrepreneur.
It's the opposite. Piracy creates jobs.
Oh yeah, that's why all the piracy rampant countries are software power houses? Face it, piracy destroyed the software industry in these countries, their talented programmers are now nothing but out-sourced coding monkeys for the powerful software companies in countries who has strict enforcement copyright laws.
Face it, you've swallowed propaganda.
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