Getting a GPU Bitcoin miner for Linux 64bit [closed]

Solution 1:

Here is a list of the currently available miners. Most of them support Linux:

GPU

  • DiabloMiner - Support: Windows, Linux, OSX Features: Long
    Polling, BFI_INT
  • poclbm - Support: Windows, Linux. Features: Long Polling, BFI_INT
  • hashkill - Support: Linux .Features: Long Polling, BFI_INT, Auto Reconnect
  • Phoenix - Support: Windows, Linux. Features: Long Polling, BFI_INT, Auto Reconnect

CPU

  • Jgarzik - Support: Windows, Linux
  • Ufasoft - Support: Windows, Linux. Features: Long Polling, Failover

FPGA

  • FPGAminer - Support: Windows

Front Ends :

  • GUIMiner - Support: Windows, Linux. Features : poclbm, ufasoft, phoenix (phakt support)
  • AOCLBF (Formerly Phoenix Rising) - Support: Windows. Features: Phoenix (phakt support)
  • Diablo and RPC for Mac - Support: OSX 10.6+ Features: CLI Frontend Setup
  • BitMiner - http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=12135.0 Support: Windows Features: poclbm, (Planned) Temp readings / usage

Taken from here. Personally, I am using the GUI minner (which has the poclbm backend). It was easy to setup and it's running fine at Ubuntu 10.10 64 bit with an ATI card.

Solution 2:

In my experience, Linux is far better supported by the Bitcoin community than Windows is. The same goes for ATI vs. Nvidia; ATI cards are far better at doing the calculations required for mining bitcoins, so all the serious miners use them. 32 vs. 64 bit should also be a non-issue; just pick the 64-bit version of the AMD Stream SDK instead of the 32-bit version.

Here's a guide for setting up the Phoenix and poclbm miners on Ubuntu 11.04. Setup should be roughly similar on other distributions.