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

[xlaacid]

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.

[h2odragon]

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_emoji]

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

[daly]

Since 2005

[xlaacid]

Thats awesome. as a desktop?