I read that and almost went down to the used computer store to get a Windows computer, then I slapped myself about the head for a few minutes and started looking for a linux way to do it (even though I know very little about linux) because I certainly can't do it on my Chromebook. lol.
Unfortunately I will have to learn a lot more to do it that way. Might take me a while.
I haven't done it from linux, but I believe this page has instructions. I assume you don't have an ASIC miner, so you would want options 3 (GPU) and 4 (CPU). You would just need to use the steem power deposit address from your steemit wallet as your bitcoin address in order to get the rewards delivered here.
When I ran the program cryptos wrote about, it "chose" to mine zcash from a list of 4 or 5 miner programs it comes with, I think since zcash produces the most money per unit time right now. If you want to try to mine zcash on linux, you can go to their website and download the miner code. https://z.cash/ I did it on a Windows Azure account, on a 4 core 12 GB Debian Linux machine. I got about 4 Sols/second and it has been running 4 days 24/7 and my balance is still zero.
I think cryptos' miner program is part of a pool, so we do get a little bitcoin every minute or so. I think the z.cash miner is a stand alone miner, so if you find a block you get 1.25 zcash which would be about $600 or so right now. But it is starting with "slow mining" so I assume the chances of getting a payout will increase in a few weeks, but the price may be way down as well. I think it is predicted to stabilize around $60 and it is now at $480. http://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/zcash/
Good luck in whatever mining you choose to do!
Using my wifes laptop I was getting about 18 sol ran it for about 4 to 6 hours then she made me stop using it lol, I did make .0015 zcash on suprnova.cc to get an good amount of zcash you need amd rx 4xx last i saw.
If you have linux, you are probably 'techie' enough to use one of the more advanced miners out there. (There are quite a few guides floating around.) This is mainly for people who have a Windows PC and are not the type that would normally be a miner (non-techie).
I am kinda techy, but this is just something my son left here and I haven't really used Linux since it was only unix. I just use what he set up for web browsing. But I'll figure it out.