I've been mining bitcoins on Ubuntu linux (and tried custom compiling on Gentoo briefly) for ~2 years now. I've fried most of my overclocked ATI 5850's (just in time for the FPGA war of 2013).
I've published a
https://github.com/tkooda/namecoin-tinydns-data package on github that is listed [1] in the dot-bit.org wiki that makes it easy to run your own fast/secure .bit (namecoin) DNS server.
I like long walks on the beach, rainbows, puppies, and forum admins.
"Please free me from this BitcoinTalk newbie forum." --Abraham Lincoln
[1]
http://dot-bit.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=HowToBrowseBitDomainsAdvanced