JK -- 4 letter word..... SMOS.... you will have good nights sleep.
oah I get ya.... don't get me wrong...
but ive focused on the windows side; because there seem to be soo many more people left without help on that end compared to linux.... Plus; I am an open source kinda guy... fees/taxes... I get enough of that living in the US where you get taxed when you die... also windows is what I know most. I used to be a certified network technician, doing Covad fiber and DSL network installs all over the bay.... you'd be surprised at how prevalent windows was compared to linux at major network hubs and companies.
I despise devfee miners for some very specific reasons. Their behavior causes problems is the most prominent reasons. Its my goal to compile if I can. It IS possible, so I take it as a challenge. I have the brains, I just need to apply them.
At some point; I will install SMOS on a machine but im not a fan of buying software for every machine, when I could do it myself if I properly apply my skills. When I switch to linux on my miners; I will probably still want to compile sources myself and control the system 100% in the end..... But yeah, at some point I will try out SMOS on a machine. I plan to plop it on a SATA drive and use it in my ONDA. When I pay off the truck and have the spare cash, Ill be buying a handfull of 1080's off a friend of mine. He's make hand over fits off them, and I get first dibs on his selloff... not to mention my % when I hosted them etc =)
My ultimate goal now with the D8P is to put a WWAN card in the mSATA slot (I have a sim adapter to use it properly), and have it be a self-contained miner that dubbs as a cellular internet local ISP for the rest of the miners able to connect to it. I have a goal of "satellite" portable GPU rigs that can be set up anywhere power is best to plug it in; given the power plan we have in the future goal for our farm. We have a route to lease space that include a ~50A 220v line for ~300-450/mo.... but our systems would need to be completely wireless. No utilities but power and water available... If they knew what it was being used for; OMG... lol. But its a legit method to get cheap electricity... And its got locations all over that you can choose from.... Its our little secret method... I'm surprised people already haven't done it... but the conditions for the equipment will dictate constant checks and environment quality systems be installed.
Anyways.. Ive been serving my internet connection at home in a similar way; I am just trying to make a small tight package for my own "gorilla" mining network/farm in the end.