have been using minerstat for about 9 months as a newbie to mining and must say it has been very easy with no real issues. Have tried mining various cryptos and once you know the way around its all quite easy.

I stuck with windows (still using minerstat) for waaay too long - now i'm on MSOS and my rigs have been 100% up for over 3 weeks now
so easy to use, so easy to switch coins
the Discord is also great and the Minerstat folks are great at getting back to you quickly
software usually drives me mad but i am continually surprised and impressed by minerstat
deserves 10 stars!

very usefull when you want to keep an eye on your rig while away from it, you can even restart it, overclock, undervolt, check temps, and musch more while using the free edition. Honestly, i couldn't ask of anything more (except for a few things, but they are covered by the paid version)