https://meribold.org/2022/08/16/same-arch-linux-installation-for-a-decade/

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Using the Same Arch Linux Installation for a Decade

Lukas Waymann2022-08-16

As of today, I've been using the same Arch Linux installation for ten
years on my main computer. I don't have much to say, but I'm writing
this because my experience doesn't match the common notion that Arch
Linux is unstable.^1

I installed Arch Linux in August 2012^2 on a ThinkPad X121e and never
saw a need to reinstall. In 2018, I switched to a ThinkPad X220 by
moving my SSD. A few months ago, I copied my complete installation to
a ThinkPad X13 Gen 2 using rsync. The longest I went without a system
upgrade is nine months, but typically I upgrade about once per month.

Now it isn't the case that nothing ever broke. Most disruptively, X
did twice and audio did once. But over ten years, this doesn't
compare too poorly to other operating systems. With Ubuntu, I
would've had to upgrade to a new release at least three times during
the same period to end up with a version that's currently supported,^
3 and five times to end up with the latest LTS release.^4 And these
release upgrades don't always go smoothly either.

I don't know what you're using, but I bet you've also spent some time
fixing problems with it over the last ten years.

Notes

 1. I'm not trying to convince anyone to use Arch Linux. -

 2. slightly before systemd became the default init system -

 3. from 12.04 to 14.04 to 16.04 to 18.04 -

 4. from 12.04 to 14.04 to 16.04 to 18.04 to 20.04 to 22.04 -

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