@Zed

Thank you for setting the realistic explanation of what to expect and for the tips!  I will definitely start with Bitcoin but will also keep an eye on the other SHA-256 coins to see which one may return a better return.  Heh, yeah at first multiple GH sounds good...until I notice that the network is in PH :-O.  The idea of the "lotto" mining sounds pretty fun :-P  GL with the pool, let me know if you'd want some other miners!

@spazzdla

Yep, just a hobby....for now.  This is pretty much for fun until I can build a good gaming PC, which I will use for mining occasionally.  I am kinda nervous about the set-up because I have practically 0 coding experience, but hopefully a friend can help with that.  Since the rPI I am proposing comes with an OS, that should help quite a bit.