user4823: I'm trying to figure out which software to download for my Ubuntu 12.04 box to start some litecoin mining.  Via google search, I keep coming up with cgminer for both bitcoin and litecoin mining.
How does that work, is the same software cgminer used for both bitcoin and litecoin mining?

user6256: Cgminer can be used to mine both LTC and BTC.  When executed to mine Litecoin one would need to add the command line switch --scrypt  It is also worth noting that the last version to support GPU mining and scrypt is version 3.7.2  Versions after that have all GPU mining capability removed.

4823: <p>I'm trying to figure out which software to download for my Ubuntu 12.04 box to start some litecoin mining.  Via google search, I keep coming up with cgminer for both bitcoin and litecoin mining.</p>

<p>How does that work, is the same software cgminer used for both bitcoin and litecoin mining?</p>
 6256: <p>Cgminer can be used to mine both LTC and BTC.  When executed to mine Litecoin one would need to add the command line switch --scrypt  It is also worth noting that the last version to support GPU mining and scrypt is version 3.7.2  Versions after that have all GPU mining capability removed.</p>
