Ask HN: Whats the longest you've used an original install of Linux?

2 pointsxlaacid2y ago4 comments

So, to clarify, after installing a linux distro, what is longest amount of time you've used it before reformatting and starting fresh. I was on Fedora for almost a decade and then I switched to opensuse tumbleweed- I love it. I may switch to Leap and thats why I thought of this question.

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h2odragon2y ago

I had a production server go a decade without major upgrades, 2.0 kernel era. Might've been the last BIND4 server on the net when it went away.

One of my personal systems went about 12 years without any real changes. it was my "network swiss army knife" laptop that got retired / wedged in expediently as a house router, and never really thought about again until the hardware died.

shrimp_emoji2y ago

On my Arch install (which I update weekly) for 3 years now. :p

daly2y ago

Since 2005

xlaacidOP2y ago

Thats awesome. as a desktop?

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