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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] NTP or chrony?
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:53:06
Message-Id: 200609221943.03489.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] NTP or chrony? by Dale
1 On Friday 22 September 2006 18:41, Dale wrote:
2 > Neil Bothwick wrote:
3 > > On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 14:26:20 +0100, Mick wrote:
4 > >> For a laptop . . .
5 > >>
6 > >> What do/would you use and why?
7 > >
8 > > ntp assumes a permanent connection, so chrony is probably a better
9 > > solution. I thin it was originally intended for dialup use, but is well
10 > > suited to a laptop with an intermittent Internet connection.
11 > >
12 > > I should use it on mine, but never bothered to set it up, I still use
13 > > rdate run from the network postup() script.
14 >
15 > Actually I ran ntp on dial-up. It worked fine since I was connected
16 > most of the time at night.
17 >
18 > If you need help, I'd be glad to share some config files.
19
20 Thank you Dale, I think that ntp may be a bit of an overkill for my needs. If
21 I need help I'll get in touch.
22 --
23 Regards,
24 Mick