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Author: wirelessduck
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Subject: Re: [DNG] ntp setup


> On 20 Jan 2022, at 21:58, Steve Litt <slitt@???> wrote:
>
> Rick Moen said on Tue, 22 Jun 2021 01:51:35 -0700
>
>> Quoting Olaf Meeuwissen (paddy-hack@???):
>>
>>> I think it's fair to point out that systemd-timesyncd only promises
>>> Simple NTP (SNTP). How good a job it does of that is another matter
>>> but at least it explains some of the "quirks" you mention below.
>
> [snip]
>
>> Or, to put it a different way, with several excellent genuine NTP
>> clients to choose among, I deny the existence of a compelling use-case
>> for any SNTP client,
>
> I use openntpd. Is that NTP, or only SNTP? What are some full NTP time
> systems for Linux?
>
> Thanks,
>
> SteveT


I’ve used chrony as a NTP client and server on Devuan for many years.

https://chrony.tuxfamily.org/

There is a comparison to ntpd and openntpd but I’m not sure how up to date it is.

https://chrony.tuxfamily.org/comparison.html

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Tom