Hey all,
First time poster, and a short time lurker. I've been using Linux for a little over a year when @wendell posted the first Linux video, and haven't used a Windows OS for leisure ever since.
I have been using Linux Mint 18 since its release and I've really started to like it for a daily driver, however something I was doing in Windows was GPU mining on the side since I do not have to pay for the utilities where I live currently and I could maybe do it as a hobby, or a small amount of beer money, or an L1 shirt. (hopefully)
One of the problems I've had is that I do not think that there is that any miner is compatible with the default open source radeon driver that Mint is installed with, and fglrx as I know is obsolete and unable to be installed on 18. I tried searching online for a tutorial on how to set one up and could not find one.
I am inquiring has had any luck with getting mining on AMD GPUs to work on Mint 18, or if I should change my OS (less preferred) or if I should install AMDGPU if it is able to be installed.
I look forward to hearing if anyone has any suggestions for me, or if they have had any success with this.
HW:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Hawaii XT [Radeon R9 290X]
Thank you.