8 years is a good run.  If you factor in the age of the hardware at the time of Arch INSTALLATION, I'll bet that number is downright impressive?!   As a user of fixed-release distros (first the 'Buntu families, now Debian), I insist on at least a 5-year support window.  I think 10 years is probably a "sweet spot" because after 10 years, I'm almost certainly looking to upgrade the hardware, especially the CPU.  I recently installed Lubuntu on my Studio Desktop (music software) and was reminded that I have an Ubuntu Pro membership, which provides extended support and security updates for 10 years.  I think I might have to reconsider my distro choice again?  I also think I remember reading that CentOS provided a 10-year support window before Red Hat/IBM acquired them?  Or maybe it was RHEL?  Not sure about Alma or Rocky?   But I digress.  8 years on outdated hardware is pretty impressive, IMO.  Good on you Ray!

My oldest Linux setup is Arch Linux on a Toshiba NB305 netbook from 2010 - Intel Atom, 2 GB of RAM. While the basic system still runs well, I have had increasingly annoying problems with the aging hardware technology. First, the display managers for LXQt  stopped launching the desktop. now, after recent updates the Falkon and Palemoon browsers crash and won't display text. I planned to keep Arch running as long as I can but I think I'm nearing the end of this machine as a useful instrument. For now I can still use Midori and GNOME Web browsers (and Firefox if I don't mind losing my sanity.) But after 8 years it's probably time to install Arch somewhere else.

Maybe you can take it with you.

Hooray for a free Canada 🥰

Wishing our SNF friends a Happy Canada Day!  Enjoy the celebration of the anniversary of Canadian Confederation which occurred on July 1, 1867!