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Quote from: Buziss on December 05, 2014, 02:28:31 AM

Quote from: HeroCat on December 05, 2014, 02:19:34 AM

I would suggest not to use any Linux OS, it is not safe. You can not have good anti virus with Linux, so also your BTC will not be safe. If you think you can find good anti virus soft with Linux, just try to find it.

But don't forget that there are very little virus targeting at Linux machines at the same time.

but there are virus designed to steal bitcoins, mainly included in rogue alt wallets.

what does not means windows is safer

Peter882

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Bitcoin Core, Electrum, MultiBit, Armory are all good. You can also use web wallets like blockchain.info or hardware wallets like Trezor on Linux. To pick one of them, you should first decide which feature do you want the most, is it convenience or security?

activebiz

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electrum on Linux works great for me.

Divinespark

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I have used multibit on linux, and electrum on windows
Both work pretty well with low friction

polynesia

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Electrum.
It is part of the available programs list in Ubuntu and installing it requires no additional effort apart from searching in program center.

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Quote from: Giggs on December 08, 2014, 02:27:52 PM

Quote from: HeroCat on December 05, 2014, 02:19:34 AM

I would suggest not to use any Linux OS, it is not safe. You can not have good anti virus with Linux, so also your BTC will not be safe. If you think you can find good anti virus soft with Linux, just try to find it.

What in the hell are you talking about? Do you mean windows isn't safe? It's very difficult to get a virus on a linux manchine. In fact, I don't even have one and I've never had a problem with it, yet when I used windows even with an anti virus my computer would get bricked quite often just from downloading files etc and I do the same on linux without one and I'm fine. Seriously, if you have bitcoins you don't want to be using them on a windows machine. Use a linux live CD or usb.

He spoke out of ignorance.

mmaster

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I am enjoying Multibit on Linux. It syncs to the network quickly and hasn't had any bugs or issues so far.

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Quote from: HeroCat on December 05, 2014, 02:19:34 AM

I would suggest not to use any Linux OS, it is not safe. You can not have good anti virus with Linux, so also your BTC will not be safe. If you think you can find good anti virus soft with Linux, just try to find it.

What in the hell are you talking about? Do you mean windows isn't safe? It's very difficult to get a virus on a linux manchine. In fact, I don't even have one and I've never had a problem with it, yet when I used windows even with an anti virus my computer would get bricked quite often just from downloading files etc and I do the same on linux without one and I'm fine. Seriously, if you have bitcoins you don't want to be using them on a windows machine. Use a linux live CD or usb.

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Armory or electrum can be used on both linux and windows, maybe mac too.

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Quote from: LOBSTER on December 06, 2014, 08:57:23 AM

Quote from: mmsen on December 06, 2014, 08:41:25 AM

Electrum hits that sweet spot - secure (so far) and reliable.

I didn't like Multibit and Armory was a little too big for my needs.

I think my problem with multibit is that it needs Java...

Another good thing about Electrum is that it offers you a deterministic wallet, so that you don't need to make a new wallet backup after creating a new address.

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Quote from: ChuckBuck on December 05, 2014, 09:28:59 AM

If you're doing Linux you might as well do the most light weight one for it:

https://electrum.org/

Bitcoin Core and Armory would do as well.

Yeah I've got electrum on both my windows and linux pcs, quick and easy to use with no hassle of downloading the entire blockchain.

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Quote from: mmsen on December 06, 2014, 08:41:25 AM

Electrum hits that sweet spot - secure (so far) and reliable.

I didn't like Multibit and Armory was a little too big for my needs.

I think my problem with multibit is that it needs Java...

mmsen

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Electrum hits that sweet spot - secure (so far) and reliable.

I didn't like Multibit and Armory was a little too big for my needs.

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Quote from: virtualx on December 05, 2014, 02:38:30 AM

Quote from: HeroCat on December 05, 2014, 02:19:34 AM

I would suggest not to use any Linux OS, it is not safe. You can not have good anti virus with Linux, so also your BTC will not be safe. If you think you can find good anti virus soft with Linux, just try to find it.

Anti virus is here https://code.google.com/p/clamtk/ it's good.

Even without an anti-virus, I'd say Linux is as secure as a Windows machine with an anti-virus installed.

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Quote from: commandrix on November 30, 2014, 12:50:30 PM

Right now I have the Windows wallet and I also have a Linux laptop that I'd like to have Bitcoin on for convenience. I see there's a few options I could try. What's a good pick?

you can check https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet for linux based wallets.
i myself tried both multibit and electrum on linux and i was happy with both of them

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better everyday ♥

If you're doing Linux you might as well do the most light weight one for it:

https://electrum.org/

Bitcoin Core and Armory would do as well.

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Quote from: HeroCat on December 05, 2014, 02:19:34 AM

I would suggest not to use any Linux OS, it is not safe. You can not have good anti virus with Linux, so also your BTC will not be safe. If you think you can find good anti virus soft with Linux, just try to find it.

Anti virus is here https://code.google.com/p/clamtk/ it's good.

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Quote from: HeroCat on December 05, 2014, 02:19:34 AM

I would suggest not to use any Linux OS, it is not safe. You can not have good anti virus with Linux, so also your BTC will not be safe. If you think you can find good anti virus soft with Linux, just try to find it.

But don't forget that there are very little virus targeting at Linux machines at the same time.

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I would suggest not to use any Linux OS, it is not safe. You can not have good anti virus with Linux, so also your BTC will not be safe. If you think you can find good anti virus soft with Linux, just try to find it.

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I like armory, I think armory has a Linux version too.

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