This is the thread where we can all gloat about the wonders of linux and display our uptimes and good times. Please leave it to Linux uptime. We do not care about gates uptime.

Let's play "Who has the best Linux Box!"

My Linux Box Specs:

Tyan K7 Thunder
AMD Chipset
AMD Athlon MP 1800+ x2 to create 3.?? Gigs of Speed
2 Seagate Cheetah X15 36LP's on SCSI
SuSE and Contiga Distro's
DVD
Yamaha 2100EZ CD Burner *Does not work?!?!?*
SCSI ADAPTEC CONTROLLER
4 3-Com Server Nic Cards @ 800 Mbps of Throughput
Floppy (Ahh, good ol' floppy)
7 Fans at 345 CFM
3 Gig's of Ram

Current Uptime as of February 4, 2002 @ 6:02 PM EST

543 Days, 21 Hours, 16 Minutes and 57 Seconds.

i don't think you'll see too much competition for the best or fastest box out here - linux geeks are also known for trying to get linux on the oldest box they can find.

"i've got it running on pentium 90"
"...486dx 55mHz"
"...386 16mHz"

It's not about speed, it is about Uptime. Sorry about the confusion.

So in other words, you've no prolonged blackouts or hardware failures.

BTW: What is your Linux box's main job. eg. is it a server, a workstation, a dev box, etc.

the competition shouldn't be between linux boxes... and their uptime, it should be compared to other os's uptime. there is no better linux box in my head...

Sorry, can't quote the uptime of my brother's Linux box, but the spec:

Some very stange Pentium motherboard.
Pentium 130 running at 110 (don't ask) CPU.
32Mb RAM.
13Gb harddisk, running on:
Crappy old ISA based ATA-33 'multi-IO' card, which also does:
Serial modem (56K).
No X server running, because:
No monitor (none neaded).
No floppy disk, no CD rom drive,
Some crappy ISA network card (10Mbit)

Oh, it was a complete bitch to install, but it's working. He's used Linux for about 1 week for his Uni course (years ago). He wouldn't believe me that we could get it to work with no floppy or cdrom drive and that he really did want Linux on it. I think the uptime is about 6 weeks now (hence we got it working about 6 weeks ago).

I turn my system off when I am not using it, so I cant give an uptime. But I can give my new system specs:

Abit kg7-raid mainboard
Dual 60 GB drives and 1 100GB drive at 7200 speed
1GB of DDR2100 RAM
ATI Radeon dual head 32MB DDR video card
SB Live Dolby 5.1
3Com 905 NIC
WinTV card
Firewire card
One DVD drive and 1 HP CD-Writer 10x

this one is at my home
pentium 4 - 1.5 Ghz - intel original 850GB Mobo
128 MB RDRAM
20GB HDD samsung make
NVIDIA RIVA TNT 2 /32MB
Creative SB!Live XP
52X CD drive ,1.44 FDD
typical role:desktop PC
i turn it off when i don't use..

office..
pentium 3 - 900 GHz
256 MB RAM
20GB HDD
S3 Inc ProSavage PM 133 - 8MB
52X CD drive ,1.44 FDD
webserver,proxy,dialup....... all this and uptime -- 17 "days" and counting

Sorry is it just me, or are you guys out there also trying to work out how this guy managed to install a processor thats only a few months old into a computer that hasnt been turned off for 18 months?

Thats a real feat.

hmmm.. good point.. that is why i tried to suggest that there is no better linux box.. they shouldn't compare to one another.. you don't see NT people saying my NT box is better than your NT box..

oh well..

ps, i didn't even take a look at his specs til you said something.

I got the "Demo" Processors for AMD because i am an employee of Advanced Micro Devices so i got the beta final and it worked great. Also, i work with 5 distributors who distribute stuff even a year before it can go to the "Public".

Again, this is not about specs and who has the "Best" box. It is the box with the best uptime and what is inside ti that makes itt tick. Like you cannot make a batch of Choclate Chip cookies without the chocolate chips unless you can make it more efficient.

Now i am getting hungry. Gotta go!

I'm glad it's not about who has got the best box because it sounds like you could run mission control for nasa's next shuttle launch

How do you get 543 days uptime on a motherboard that has not been on the market for 543 days?

The title of the thread says it all:

"Reliabilty of Linux Stories"