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August 02, 2013, 11:07:09 PM
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I run Debian and have zero nonfree software on my machine. Ideally, I'd like to be able to buy one of those USB ASICs for $20 and simply plug it into my machine and run my free, open source mining software. Is this possible? If not, why not?
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August 03, 2013, 12:12:01 AM
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If you run testing, cgminer is at an apt-get install away.

http://packages.debian.org/jessie/cgminer
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August 03, 2013, 05:48:33 AM
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Only GPU mining needs non-free code, and most mining software is free (as in speech) - like cgminer - so yes, it's possible.
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