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System Name | Budget Box |
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Processor | Xeon E5-2667v2 |
Motherboard | ASUS P9X79 Pro |
Cooling | Some cheap tower cooler, I dunno |
Memory | 32GB 1866-DDR3 ECC |
Video Card(s) | XFX RX 5600XT |
Storage | WD NVME 1GB |
Display(s) | ASUS Pro Art 27" |
Case | Antec P7 Neo |
Just curious how long folks go between OS installs, and I'm interested in the discussion that evolves. Back in college, I think I reinstalled Windows every week, often because I'd alternate between versions quite a bit (95/98, NT4, Me, 2K...yeah, I'm old). These days, my aim for OS configs is to "set it and forget it" and see how long I can go without breaking it.
I jumped to an Arch-based distro earlier this year, Manjaro, and ye ol' command line says it was installed on May 22, 2024, so 5 months in with no trouble, so far. My only urge to reinstall at this point is to put it on a far newer drive than a 128GB SATA SSD (testing evolved into production, lol), but I also have an NVME secondary drive that handles much of the heavy lifting, so I haven't really felt the need yet.
I jumped to an Arch-based distro earlier this year, Manjaro, and ye ol' command line says it was installed on May 22, 2024, so 5 months in with no trouble, so far. My only urge to reinstall at this point is to put it on a far newer drive than a 128GB SATA SSD (testing evolved into production, lol), but I also have an NVME secondary drive that handles much of the heavy lifting, so I haven't really felt the need yet.