I recently tried the creep miner just for kicks and I quite like it.
You have to read the manual and experiment to find the right config in regards to how many threads to use, because otherwise it is painfully slow. But once I got that dialed in it is consistenlty about up to 10s faster than blagominer, at least for me. I have an old amd 6 core and I set it to 4 reader threads and 5 verify threads. This produced the shortest scan times for me. If someone has some tips for the settings I’d like to hear them.
(I still can’t run the newest version of blago because it crashes for me, even with showwinner disabled)
What I really like is the documentation on github, also it has nice features like the web site wich is like a mini pool info site.
Not saying it is better, but it works differently from blago miner and I think depending on the setup it might be faster or slower. Definitely worth a try if you like tinkering with stuff.
I will most certain look into it also ..
I use blago miner for a very long time now and if there is any error on newer versions roll back and install it again..
For example you installed it and has an error..maybe canot open local wallet...
First use maria DB and make sure all the wallet is 100% in synch.
If it still not working...re-install and copy and paste a backup of the program. (more acurate all the blockchain downloaded from official burst site or synced by you)
It should work like this...I had also problems in the past with one version or 2...but now for my mining rig I use windows 10 and for some time now no more errors.