-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:29:02 -0800 chris (fool) mccraw wrote: > ok everyone bust out your longest-running-linux story--this might > get hilarious =)
Okay, I'll tell what I have, though it doesn't come close to some long running Linux systems that have already been mentioned in this thread. I have a box with an old MSI mobo, a 1.5GHz Athlon chip and 512MB RAM, plus a SCSI controller, a couple of old 10K RPM 10GB Quantum SCSI hard drives and a floppy drive. All but the case, PSU, RAM, Ethernet cards, CD-ROM drive, keyboard and mouse were picked up at Free Geek for about $50 total, and the 15" CRT monitor was a salvaged 'gift' from a friend. Not counting what I spent to build the box initially over 12 years ago before the original system imploded due to CPU fan failure, I probably spent less than $200 to rebuild this machine for a firewall and backup. The system is a rock solid firewall running iptables that I've written, and I've never been hacked, although I see lots of attempts in my logs. It's running Mandriva 2008.1 which is no longer supported, and KDE 3.5. It stays powered on 24/7/365, and is only rebooted after the occasional power outage. I have used it as a backup desktop system when my desktop box had hardware problems, but mostly it's a firewall, print server and an internet radio server for streaming m3u playlists at Paradise Radio. It also backs up all of my personal data files once every week, just in case I ever lose the three backups I keep on my desktop system plus the backup on my laptop. All three systems are linked by rsync backups, and those two non-desktop systems rsync their cron job logs to the desktop. Yes, I am a bit paranoid about backups. Having a CPU fan fail silently, taking out a motherboard, PSU and a couple of hard drives will do that. I'll probably install the latest Mandriva, or maybe Mageia, on that box one of these days, but I'm not in a hurry to do that. It's running fine now for what I need it to do. Anyway, that is my oldest Linux operating system that is still kicking. I enjoy hearing about other people's Linux systems, so please do share. All the best, Robert -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7Eu1gACgkQ+qYMIUkNJCx/dwCfbueFWM8HftpGLACYuvLQVQib ENMAnRzh5YstETayUrXsQm5uUo0+WG2C =CDrz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug