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| NNTP-Posting-Date | Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:39:05 -0500 |
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc, alt.os.linux.slackware, alt.os.linux.debian |
| Subject | Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? |
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| From | floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) |
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| Date | Fri, 24 Oct 2014 05:39:03 -0800 |
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Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote: >In comp.os.linux.misc Floyd L. Davidson <floyd@apaflo.com> wrote: >> "Chester A. Arthur" <deadprez@whitehouse.com> wrote: >> >One should always keep the hwclock in UTC. System time will change >> >with the rules for your local time zone, and computers move, >> >especially laptops. Most linuxes these days follow these rules, >> >except the gentoo family. Slackware gives you an explicit choice at >> >install--choose UTC. The BSDs I have tried give no choice, they set >> >the hwclock to localtime, that's dumb. > >> Most people will be *far* better served setting the hwclock to local >> time than to UTC. > >How so? Unless they need to dual-boot windows, setting the hardware >clock to UTC will allow their computer to automatically shift back and >forth due to the idiot politicians desire to play with the clocks >(i.e., daylight savings time). All of mine have been shifting between AKDT and AKST spring and fall every year for a very long time... >> >Localtime is crazy, the rules change and there are so many >> >strangenesses. (The world ends at midnite-12:30 Newfie time). There >> >is software to deal with that, and it works well if it isn't >> >bypassed by OSes that make poor choices. > >> You're making life much more difficult than it need be. > >And setting the hardware clock to UTC lets the system libs take care >of that crazyness, so that one's computer time automatically moves >forward at 2am in the spring, and automatically falls back at 2am in >the fall, with no effort on the users part. Setting to local time does not change that. >That seems the very definition of "much easier" rather than more >difficult. Let the computer do the work, both of remembering when, and >of how much to shift. The only way I know when the switch takes place is when I notice my computer is an hour different than my wall clock. -- Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/ Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd@apaflo.com
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what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? not.socialnetwork@gmail.com - 2014-10-23 06:07 +0000
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? "Nuno J. Silva (aka njsg)" <njsg@invalid.invalid> - 2014-10-23 08:22 +0000
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? not.socialnetwork@gmail.com - 2014-10-23 12:04 +0000
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2014-10-23 13:25 +0000
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? not.socialnetwork@gmail.com - 2014-10-24 06:14 +0000
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? ebenZEROONE@verizon.net (Hactar) - 2014-10-23 21:45 -0400
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? "Nuno J. Silva (aka njsg)" <njsg@invalid.invalid> - 2014-10-24 06:56 +0000
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2014-10-26 03:07 +0000
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? "Chester A. Arthur" <deadprez@whitehouse.com> - 2014-10-23 22:18 -0500
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2014-10-23 22:09 -0800
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? "Nuno J. Silva (aka njsg)" <njsg@invalid.invalid> - 2014-10-24 07:07 +0000
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2014-10-24 00:02 -0800
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-24 12:46 +0000
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2014-10-24 05:39 -0800
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2014-10-24 09:31 -0500
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2014-10-24 08:37 -0800
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2014-10-24 12:09 -0500
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2014-10-24 09:30 -0800
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2014-10-24 12:44 -0500
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2014-10-24 10:15 -0800
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-24 18:38 +0000
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2014-10-24 11:09 -0800
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-10-24 21:31 +0100
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2014-10-24 12:53 -0800
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? Chris Vine <chris@cvine--nospam--.freeserve.co.uk> - 2014-10-25 13:56 +0100
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2014-10-25 05:12 -0800
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2014-10-25 09:24 -0500
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-26 00:15 +0000
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2014-10-24 14:17 -0500
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2014-10-24 12:55 -0800
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2014-10-24 16:23 -0500
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-10-24 22:33 +0100
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-24 18:28 +0000
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2014-10-24 10:43 -0800
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-24 22:52 +0000
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> - 2014-10-24 18:57 +0000
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-24 17:04 +0000
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> - 2014-10-24 17:09 +0000
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? Allodoxaphobia <knock_yourself_out@example.net> - 2014-10-24 21:02 +0000
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2014-10-24 16:30 -0500
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? Martin <m@abc.invalid> - 2014-10-25 14:40 +0200
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2014-10-25 04:50 -0800
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2014-10-25 09:17 -0500
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2014-10-25 13:26 -0800
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2014-10-25 16:49 -0500
Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? Martin <m@abc.invalid> - 2014-10-25 19:54 +0200
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