I didn't read through the whole topic - 40+ pages is quite a lot to stomach

, so I apologize if this question as already been asked. So, is there a way to mine on Linux, Ubuntu in particular?
just download an install xmr-stak cpu to your linux
when it will ask for nicehash, choose yes.. the rest you can copy-past from downloaded .bat file (i mean server address, port, etc)
Thanks a lot, I will try it and let's hope it goes fine.