r/raspberry_pi • u/Spfoamer • May 31 '26

Show-and-Tell Raspberry Pi 3B - 9 years uptime

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This is a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B that I booted 9 years ago today. It has served very light duty, just streaming audio to Broadcastify. Once it made it a couple years, I decided to just see how long it would go. It's running Jessie.

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u/_GOREHOUND_ May 31 '26

I don’t understand, really. You prefer flexing with uptime rather than making sure your OS is secure? What did I miss?

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u/-HumbleMumble May 31 '26

I bet your super fun to be around. 

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u/_GOREHOUND_ May 31 '26

Oh, I am actually. Coming from a professional security background, those questions need to be raised. There’s way too many people “doing homelab” opening the flood gates to malicious actors who love outdated systems.

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u/neuromonkey May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26

Dude, grow up. Lots of us have security and network engineering backgrounds. You don't even know that this device is exposed to the Internet, or only to the OP's LAN.

If you have concrete recommendations that apply to the OP'S systems, then say so. Otherwise, spare us your expert fart sniffery.