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Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is?

From	candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is?
Date	2024-09-30 19:40 +0000
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 01:24 this Monday (GMT):
> On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 14:59:43 -0400, DFS wrote:
>
>> I NEVER trust Linux to keep time.  I've encountered several occurrences
>> of it dropping 5-7 minutes over a 1-hour period.
>
> I haven’t. All my Linux machines maintain consistent time down to a 
> fraction of a second.
>
> NTP actually has this feature where it learns about the drift 
> characteristics of your hardware clock, and can keep it reasonably 
> accurate even if it loses any connection to a time server for hours or 
> days at a time.


That's pretty cool! Is it enabled by default?
-- 
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-28 22:40 +0000
  Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2024-09-28 23:21 +0000
    Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-28 23:59 +0000
      Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? John McCue <jmccue@neutron.jmcunx.com> - 2024-10-02 21:16 +0000
  Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2024-09-29 14:59 -0400
    Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2024-09-29 20:04 +0000
    Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-09-29 20:44 -0400
      Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2024-09-30 06:34 +0000
        Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-09-30 10:05 -0400
          Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2024-10-01 05:19 +0000
            Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-10-01 08:58 -0400
              Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-10-01 18:30 +0000
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-10-01 21:08 -0400
              Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2024-10-01 18:51 +0000
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2024-10-01 16:40 -0400
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-10-01 21:10 -0400
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2024-10-02 12:23 +0000
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-10-02 08:45 -0400
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2024-10-02 13:12 +0000
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-10-02 09:19 -0400
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2024-10-03 09:44 +0000
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-10-03 10:00 -0400
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2024-10-03 08:39 -0400
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-10-03 10:01 -0400
              Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2024-10-02 12:19 +0000
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-10-02 08:50 -0400
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2024-10-02 13:09 +0000
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-10-02 09:20 -0400
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-10-02 20:30 +0000
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-10-02 17:53 -0400
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2024-10-03 09:38 +0000
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-10-03 10:05 -0400
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-10-03 15:30 +0000
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-10-02 17:14 +0000
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2024-10-03 09:56 +0000
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-10-03 10:07 -0400
          Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-02 02:59 +0000
    Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-30 01:24 +0000
      Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-09-30 19:40 +0000
    Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2024-09-30 06:59 -0400
      Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2024-10-01 07:07 -0500
        Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2024-10-02 10:29 -0400
          Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-10-02 13:27 -0400
            Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2024-10-02 18:06 -0500
              Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-10-02 20:12 -0400
    Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2024-10-01 08:26 -0400
      Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-10-01 18:31 +0000
        Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2024-10-01 18:05 -0400
        Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-02 02:59 +0000
          Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2024-10-01 23:01 -0400
            Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-10-02 03:51 +0000
          Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2024-10-02 00:07 -0400
            Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2024-10-02 04:49 +0000
            Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-03 05:51 +0000
              Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-10-03 15:40 +0000
                Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2024-10-03 16:15 +0000

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