AddyCMOS VS minecore

SPECS: OS-AddyCMOS {https://gitlab.com/WheezyBackports/AddyCMOS}, 16GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive CPU-Ryzen 9 5800x RAM- x4 8GB, G.skill Flare X CL14-14-14-34 @ 3200MHz, 1.35V , CPU Cooler-Noctua DH-15s MOBO-MSI Gaming Plus Max x470 GPU-NVIDIA Geforce GT710 Low-Profile Card PSU-Seasonic PX-850 Platinum 850W PSU

Anyway there's the gitlab repo. It's meant to be flashed onto a USB stick then booted on any machine. If you use a UEFI system I recommend playing with your CSM legacy boot settings if it doesn't boot right away. This is due to it being partitioned for MBR BIOS and syslinux doesn't have full on UEFI support. The README is both on the repository and the systems /home/addycmos. The README also contains a list of file locations as well.

What mining algorithms does your distribution support? find it

If you plan on only CPU mining I have made a CPU mining Linux distribution for the Monero Ocean community. All you would need is to flash the image to a USB stick, boot it, and run the setup script. There's a README guide that explains how to set up the system. If you would like to use it you can find it on https://gitlab.com/WheezyBackports/AddyCMOS

If you're interested in the project you may find it on Gitlab at : https://gitlab.com/WheezyBackports/AddyCMOS

MineCore! Now, with much easier Slax version: https://github.com/MineCoreLive/minecore

Free opinion (as system creator lol): use MineCore on Moneroocean 😉 https://github.com/MineCoreLive/minecore

I am trying to set up Minecore on bootable USB to try and do some Monero mining on an old laptop. I am able to create the USB and boot in to Tinycore but I can't seem to be able to enable persistence once i'm there.

I strongly suggest trying out the system I created exclusively for mining. You can run directly from a USB drive to test. Link: https://github.com/MineCoreLive/minecore

Basically, you can get a good idea of the performance of each processor (considering having at least 8gb of ram in any scenario to avoid bottlenecks) from the benckmark itself on xmrig.com, and/or by doing a basic search for the processor plus the term "hashrate" on Google. .. But, in order not to lose the habit (lol), I also recommend testing mining with this system: https://github.com/MineCoreLive/minecore (yes, i set it up), from a usb flash drive. Things like hugepages, msr, running as root are already set up. And all in a linux that uses a ridiculously small amount of system resources. It was set up to extract the largest possible hashate from any equipment (only need the processor, memory and internet connection), using MoneroOcean's xmrig and its ability to automatically change the algorithm to the most profitable currency at the moment.

A minimalist one... https://github.com/MineCoreLive/minecore