Topic: noob trouble with linux (ubuntu) (Read 885 times)

I'm on Debian Sid:

# apt-cache search bitcoin
bitcoin-qt - peer-to-peer network based digital currency - GUI
bitcoind - peer-to-peer network based digital currency - daemon
cgminer - multi-threaded multi-pool GPU, FPGA and ASIC bitcoin miner
electrum - Easy to use bitcoin client
python-electrum - Easy to use bitcoin client - python module
libblkmaker-0.1-0 - implementation of getblocktemplate protocol
libblkmaker-0.1-dev - C implementation of getblocktemplate protocol - development files


cgminer already in the official repositories, can't you find it in Ubuntu repositories?

Yeah I know that feel of using Linux for the first time. Insanely, insanely, hairpulling frustrating compared to any other OS if you are trying to get simple things to work. If you want to play new games with your fancy graphics cards on Linux, good luck on that too, it will be harder to install and get it to run properly than what you are doing now.

In my opinion it's better to invest $40 to buy Windows and install CG miner in less than 5 minutes rather than have to deal with Linux spending 20+ hours reading a manual and spending another 10 hours of compiling and trying to get it to run correctly for the first time. It's frustrating just to install CGMiner, good luck installing drivers for devices that do not come with a linux installation version.

Also Windows isn't for porn or games... I haven't done either in a very long time and I use Windows a lot. It depends on the user. If you're using it to watch porn and play games then with a Linux most likely you will use it for the same purpose.

ahh fucking cuntballs.

System errors, not knowing how to use a PPA even though ive read a dozen manuals, that stupid ubuntu manual is about as useful as  a dead donkey on the moon. FAAAAAAAAAARK!


Now can anyone explain to my dumbass (in clear, concise and complete instructions) how to install cgminer on ubuntu?

Lol 

Well, if you are just starting with linux, you should RTFM, here:

http://ubuntu-manual.org/

You seem to have a problem with your repos, check here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu

If your system seems slow that's probably because you're using Gnome, switch to a lighter desktop manager like LXDE or XFCE will improve a lot system usability.

Please pardon the following.
I'm new to linux, and having decided to give it a go I'm having issue after issue after issue.
Everytime I try to get something (software) or do something that isnt extremely simple it craps out on me.
updates dont work half the time, or get stuck while updating, or it gets a % of an update and the rest screws up.
Its a lot less responsive/slow compared to windows or OSX.

I can also never find a clear answer to problems, most "solutions" either lead to other problems or me having no idea what I'm doing.

CUrrently im trying to get cgminer installed, but I couldnt even get git to install (why the terminal crap, what's wrong with right click, save as). (This is after giving up on bfgminer because every problem someone seemed to have it was either the answer is in the README or don't worry, it fixed itself sometime.

Now seeing as i'm a computer idiot, should I continue to bother with Linux, or give up and go back to windows (dont really want to because its for porn and games).

Or maybe one of you nice patient people could be so kind and tell me how to get this damn OS working and how to install cgminer too.

I have a lot more stupid questions too.
Such as, what's a directory and whats an argument (in terminal)?
How can I get git to install now that its fucked up and says it has no installaatiion candidate?
Whats an installation candidate?


do you need a minimum IQ of 11ty just to use this freaking OS?
Im an idiot /rant