We’ll need a logged user to mine headlessly. Remember to check “ Log in automatically ” when you create a superuser. Try follow this article: “ The Perfect Desktop - Xubuntu 12.04 ” until you get a working desktop. Then, download Unetbootin to load your Xubuntu CD image on the USB. The first thing you need is a USB to load Xubuntu in (Yap, a USB is still essential to get rid of CD-ROMs). Install Bitcoin 0.6.2 on Xubuntu (optional) The result is a mazingly great! My machines never crash anymore! I decided to give Xubuntu 12.04 a try, since I’ve heard that 12.04 is not only getting Long-Term-Support, but also fixing various bugs since 11.04 and 11.10. I wasted 5 days struggling on troubleshooting linux problems.The lan port on my motherboard didn’t get support well on Linux at that time(r8169 on a Gigabyte motherboard - buggy driver on Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10).My machine constantly crashed after operating 3 hours.I had tried to switch to a headless Linux solution but failed, due to the following problems: With (3), I can focus on tweaking the best CPU/MEM clock combination for maximizing profit.Much more overclock tools on Windows ( MSI AfterBurner rocks!).AMD driver got better support on Windows.The reason I use Windows 7 is as the following: I had used Windows 7 for mining until May, 2012. I had been mining Bitcoin since July, 2011. Although it’s relatively easy, there are still some pitfalls I want to you to avoid, so I wrote this guide. Also, his guide didn’t update with the latest version of Xubuntu (12.04), which in my opinion is the easiest version of Xubuntu ever to mine bitcoin with. However, I don’t need to mine on a USB (it’s slow compared to a HDD). If you think this article is useful to you, please make a donation to:įirstly, I’d like to thank Kanoi, who wrote an excellent howto guide on “ How to setup a cgminer using xubuntu 11.04 live on a USB ”. Complete Guide To Mine Bitcoin on Xubuntu 12.04
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