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ronnylov

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Quote from: Bakhtra on January 05, 2018, 07:28:41 AM

Windows free too, who said we need to pay for windows? only HOMO that pay his windows. All my windows rigs are stable for months. I think windows much better than Linux, see amd driver, miner, most of it in windows, for Linux you need to wait more time. So why stick to LINUX?

Free as in free beer but not free as in Liberty is a well known wording.
But don't you need to pay to get a legal Windows license?

77JohnDoe77

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i never use linux so i dont know which better
all my rigs run on windows and till now i dont find problem or trouble with windows so i stay

rmh01

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I'm absolutely with linux.
Windows is easy yes, but when any problems are encountered, it's a joke. Windows hides the errors, shows unusable error information, logging is also quite unusable. The only case when i consider windows is when using polaris cards.
With linux, you can make a living infrastructure in a terminal far away from the rigs. One rig crashes, signals to other rigs then shutdowns, other rig waiting a bit then broadcasts wakeonlan packets etc. No need for utilities, desktop displaying, no need for a monitor even for the first boot after install and if you flash an installed os image to disk, not even once needed.
Log files can be grep-ed, any outputs can be piped to anywhere, any program can be daemonized and still just one terminal needed.

Baxta

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I think that the choice depends on what kind of coin you mine.
for example. I mine the Minexcoin. In program optiminer 2.1.0. for linux ubuntu 64, GPU mines in 10 times more efficiently then Windows.

Bakhtra

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Windows free too, who said we need to pay for windows? only HOMO that pay his windows. All my windows rigs are stable for months. I think windows much better than Linux, see amd driver, miner, most of it in windows, for Linux you need to wait more time. So why stick to LINUX?

Lancusters

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I also use Windows on my rigs. For me it is easier and more convenient. If you need help setting up a Windows offers wider possibilities and more professionals who can help you. Linux is more robust but this advantage does not apply to the mining equipment. For mining more promising Windows.

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Quote from: ronnylov on January 05, 2018, 06:25:54 AM

I use Arch Linux on Everything. But that's mostly because it is what I am used to.
I don't like using Windows. Interesting that Vega has bad Linux performance.
OK I won't buy Vega then.

I have not had any issues with nvidia and mining on Linux.
It's more like a hobby for me. If it's not fun I won't do it.
Windows is not fun for me so that's why I don't use it.

My GPU rig is running with in the Windows platform and it does not give trouble to me. I do not found any crash in the time of power cut as well. I too like the linux platform and most of the miners who is choosing for mining with the linux to avoid the crash report we use to get in the other platforms. Currently I am mining with the nividia 1070 cards 6 numbers in the windows platform and I overclocked it. It goes perfect.

ronnylov

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I use Arch Linux on Everything. But that's mostly because it is what I am used to.
I don't like using Windows. Interesting that Vega has bad Linux performance.
OK I won't buy Vega then.

I have not had any issues with nvidia and mining on Linux.
It's more like a hobby for me. If it's not fun I won't do it.
Windows is not fun for me so that's why I don't use it.

zukko

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My farm is running windows, no problems.
And the choice of miners for windows is much broader.

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Quote from: car1999 on January 05, 2018, 05:06:53 AM

I'm a big fan of linux, all of my rigs were running linux(ubuntu, nvOC), I believed that linux was cheaper, more stable, more efficiency, easer to management etc. Recently I built a couple of windows rigs because amd rx vega cards require windows to reach best performance, I also built a windows nvidia gtx 1080ti rig, then I realize that windows is better for mining.

1.It's free, doesn't need to be actived.
2.It's stable, never run into issues. nvidia-smi sometimes hang on my linux rigs, but it never happened on the windows rigs. I have a bot calls nvidia-smi every 5 minutes and report GPU temp to a server.
3.It's as easy as linux to be managed, use teamviewer and openssh.
4.It's more firendly to newbie.
5.Some great miners are windows only, for example hsrminer.

I'm considering switching all of my rigs from linux to windows, what do you think about it?

From the considerations stated, I guess you've probably have chosen windows, all of my rigs run on windows actually and no complained about it. if you've still some doubts then I think convert some of your Rigs first, Observed and decide.

Sledge0001

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The vast selection of overclocking and remote access tools available plus the ultra simple setup of a windows based rig to me wins hands down.

car1999

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I'm a big fan of linux, all of my rigs were running linux(ubuntu, nvOC), I believed that linux was cheaper, more stable, more efficiency, easer to management etc. Recently I built a couple of windows rigs because amd rx vega cards require windows to reach best performance, I also built a windows nvidia gtx 1080ti rig, then I realize that windows is better for mining.

1.It's free, doesn't need to be actived.
2.It's stable, never run into issues. nvidia-smi sometimes hang on my linux rigs, but it never happened on the windows rigs. I have a bot calls nvidia-smi every 5 minutes and report GPU temp to a server.
3.It's as easy as linux to be managed, use teamviewer and openssh.
4.It's more firendly to newbie.
5.Some great miners are windows only, for example hsrminer.

I'm considering switching all of my rigs from linux to windows, what do you think about it?

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