this is great not only for XPM, but for building any other cryptos on Linux. great guide.

block explorer appears to be down.

why does it seem like everything is either in private beta or is simply down or not working? the block explorer is down. poker login doesn't work. any ETAs on the private betas like the trading platform and exchange? it just seems like there's so many projects going on along with UNOCS...let's hope it's not vaporware.

cgminer is great and very customizable. If you search around for your graphics card model, you'll stumble across optimal settings for it. You may need to tweak a few parameters here and there to optimize your setup, but once you're dialed in, you should be good to go.

Do you mean the Cryptsy trollbox? 

There's a purple tab named "ChatBox" to the right on the site. Click that and the chatbox will appear.

An auto-notification feature when the price drops would be awesome.

It serves two-fold: weed out the spammers/BOTS, and also encourages discussion from new members. I like the system as it stands.

I believe that the current generation of ASICs will be further refined at smaller nm which results in more efficient mining that runs cooler. The small size of each chip would allow more to be fit on boards, resulting in even greater hash rates.