I would attribute a stable Gentoo system to skill and patience, not luck.
Out of curiosity, what is your use case for this particular Gentoo install? 15+ years is a long time to keep the same machine running.
Out of curiosity, what is your use case for this particular Gentoo install? 15+ years is a long time to keep the same machine running.
Physically there is nothing left of the original hardware as it has gone through many generations of part replacements, Ship of Theseus style. It's the OS image that has survived through all this. My /home which I keep separate is another 10 years older.