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※This article is a reprint and revised edition of articles from FX Tecjo.com October 2018 issue. Please note that the market information stated in the main text may differ from the current market conditions.

Graduating from Windows

In the summer of 2018, the mining environment changed dramatically. First, from Windows to ethOS.

Mining on Windows is of course familiar in terms of operation and settings, but the biggest problem is that it recognizes only up to 8 GPUs. The motherboard I’m currently using can recognize up to 19 GPUs, so it’s natural to want to test that edge.

ethOS, a Linux-based OS developed specifically for cryptocurrency mining, is fully running in our home.

Since ethOS has almost no features other than mining, it boots quickly, runs very lightly, and above all is very stable. Because there is no forced reboot due to updates like Windows, it hardly stops unless affected by external factors.

Also, because the capacity is small, the OS fits entirely on a USB drive, which is a key point since it does not require a storage drive.