10 years

You are old. (Says "grandma", who has been running Linux for only just over 10 years.)

I assume it just took you a while to move from V7 to Linux?

Ha!

(Actually, there were two reasons I was a late adopter of Linux. First, I didn't have much access to the Internet. My last year in high school we had neither electricity or telephones for most of the year -- seriously. Second, I was a mac user, so I didn't have the requisite hardware for anything other than MkLinux. I did attempt to make up for lost time by running Linux, Minix, *BSD, and BeOS in college though.)

My last year in high school we had neither electricity or telephones for most of the year -- seriously.

Was it normal where you grew up?

I first installed Linux in something like November 1992. I keep hoping that someone will accuse me of lying on my CV when I claim 15 years of Linux experience, but no luck yet.

Well done, you installed it when it was still obsolete.

Why the switch?

- Been there, done that.
- Not easily manageable when you have only one host using the STABLE branch (can't use binary packages, takes a while to compile anyything when you need to update -- the host is a Soekris net4801).
- I stopped being a fan of the ports system.
- Was installed on a 2-year-old 2.5" hard disk I have no confidence in. I wanted to reinstall on a Compact Flash card, so it was an opportunity to try something new: Ubuntu Server 8.04.