probably not the right forum, but it seems close.

[cryofreeze666]

i downloaded the program xmrig from the ubuntu software archive. problem is i can't figure out how to turn it on, i figured there would be an icon at least so i could read the help file. i've only just recently started using linux regularly (for about 6 weeks maybe), i printed out hundreds of pages (even ran out of ink and ordered more). so that will tell you why finding whatever directory they talk about in the forums and the net is pretty much leaving me scratching my head. i've got an awful lot of pages open right now, but it's not helping.

books and paper documents, i learn quickly, but the net has so many distracting elements that i'm having difficulty. i don't know how to describe how i learn information, but everything crammed onto a page doesn't work. i had trouble reading the paper and went back to actual paper in order to retain what i read. for the purposes of learning, i find the net distractions annoying at best. the links to other pages in the middle of what i'm reading, the flashing ads trying to get my attention; even if i don't click on them, their presence is a distraction. i miss the old days when references were listed at the end of a paper.

[him610]

Never heard of xmrig; however, a search did turn up this -

XMRig is open-source software designed for mining cryptocurrencies like Monero or Bitcoin. However, it is also commonly abused by cybercriminals in their attacks, who infect computers with cryptojackers and use their resources to mine cryptocurrency on the attacker’s behalf.

Cryptomining or cryptojacking malware like XMRig often grows and ebbs in popularity as the value of cryptocurrency changes. According to Check Point’s 2023 Cyber Security Report, XMRig was the tenth most common malware worldwide in 2021 and the top cryptominer, accounting for 43% of cryptomining attacks.

$ xmrig
Command 'xmrig' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo snap install xmrig

So it is a snap program. You need to figure out how to start it using snap.

How do I launch a snap program?
Run apps and commands from the snap

The vast majority of snap-installed applications will run as you expect, from either the command line or from the desktop launcher. Links to snapped applications are located in /snap/bin which is added to the system $PATH.

[cryofreeze666]

ty for the information, i was going off you tube research after i googled "top 10 crypto miners for linux". that was a couple years ago when i was doing the research to see if i even wanted to invest the money into a passive income. after that i went to you tube to see what kind of program they were and whether or not they were what i had in mind. i was looking for the ability to network future crypto machines through one central computer to reduce the chances of me having two computers working on the same problem. xm rig's web site and the you tube information led me to believe that is what i was looking for. xmrig still shows up on this page, which is the secnd option in the google search. https://sourceforge.net/software/cry...-mining/linux/