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Chrony NTP Server

Chrony NTP Server

Bruce Ediger

I’ve had an interest in accurate timekeeping and NTP, the Network Time Protocol for quite a while.

At one time or another over the years, I’ve run the original ntpd, xntpd, and OpenNTPD. I currently have the chrony NTP server running on my old server, to aggregate NTP needs on my home network.

Had a good experience with Debian

Had a good experience with Debian

Bruce Ediger

I had been hosting this blog on a $5 a month VPS from Host the Best, but they have been shut down by the data center they’re renting from. Host the Best is apparently not dealing with abusive customers effectively.

There’s no projected service restoration date.

wc -l

wc -l

Bruce Ediger

Unix, and now Linux, have included a wc command for a very long time. Most explanations of its use are misleading fluff and garbage, and do not give you an appreciation of its true value.

Laptop reboots when lid is opened

Laptop reboots when lid is opened

Bruce Ediger

My Arch Linux laptop started rebooting when I closed the lid and re-opened it.

As Ben Franklin noted, “Men and nations behave wisely when they have exhausted all other resources”. So it was with this problem.

Wordle 1056, May 10, 2024

Wordle 1056, May 10, 2024

Bruce Ediger

I completed Wordle 1,056 without any mechanical or computational help. I believe I can deduce the answer from my third guess.