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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is?
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:40:06 -0000 (UTC)
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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?
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