Just setup my old computer for a crypto computer. The Bitcoin block chain is huge so I wanted a computer for it and I am going to use the computer as a miner controller. Peercoin takes up no room and downloads the chain SO FAST… gosh Peercoin is sweet. I love the metrics of PPC, the 1% inflation is good keeps a decent supply always coming in. Small block chain so we don’t have to worry about a 100GB block chain in a few years lol.
I am currently using Windows Xp on it but I am thinking of changing to a linux OS, any recommendations?
Also I am curious to if mining helps secure the network as Peercoin is also POS.
I fully agree 
It depends on what you expect from the Linux OS.
I like Ubuntu (including its descendants; e.g. Kubuntu) on desktops/laptops (due to the big and supportive community) and Raspbian on my RaspberryPi (as well as archlinux - due to @peerchemist’s “PeerBox”; one fine and secure miner that is!).
If you plan to continuously mint (PoS), you might consider trying PeerBox - if you have a RaspberrPi, because of the neglectable energy costs…
The Peercoin block chain is secured by PoS ever since Peercoin has been launched (in August 2012).
PoW is only for distributing coins.
[quote=“masterOfDisaster, post:2, topic:3292”]The Peercoin block chain is secured by PoS ever since Peercoin has been launched (in August 2012).
PoW is only for distributing coins.[/quote]
not quite, at the start when there was no POS blocks the POW mining secured the network
@spazzdla I would be very interested to see a comparison of blockchain size and download times for bitcoin, peercoin, litecoin and maybe dogecoin as good to see how each is fairing in the world of sustainability
There is a peercoin book being written up and this kind of info is useful.
I would also suggest Oracle VM Virtualbox (i’m running on win 7 so not sure if compatible with XP but allows you to run virtual machines of Linux and Mac no problem, great testing ground and fun to play with
Fuzzybear
Peercoin Block size is 450 Mb
Bitcoin is 33 Gb…
Doge is around 7Gb right now.
Peercoin is up and running in like… 4 hours from the start of downloading the chain, bitcoin is like 4 days…
So I put Ubuntu on my spare computer… my it is quite confusing to download and run things…