[aklug] Re: ntp and freebsd?

Say what? While I love to see folk explore unix, I can't believe that most l=
inux distros don't include xntp. What am I missing?

On Mar 15, 2012, at 4:32 PM, techno curmudgeon <technocurmudgeon@gmail.com> w=
rote:

> I was doing some reading on using WWVx and ntpd came across the
> following at http://dx.eng.uiowa.edu/dave/ntpclock.php
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> Lesson no. 1: Use FreeBSD instead of Linux to do this. Nothing against
> Linux - I use it on all my research workstations. But with FreeBSD,
> all of the ntp stuff (including nanosecond precision) is native in the
> generic kernel. No recompiling of the kernel is required! I'll try to
> include some hints for those not familiar with FreeBSD as part of this
> discussion.
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> And my immediate thought was something like "ok...and...?"
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> I've no problem with freebsd except that I'm way more familiar with
> linux, and the redhat derivatives (work) and debian (everywhere else),
> and debian works very nicely on the various sheevaplug/pogoplug/xxplug
> devices.
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> It looks like what the guy is saying is the only advantage is not
> having to compile a kernel, which to me is no big deal, especially
> since I've no real interest in the learning curve on Yet Another OS.
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> Does using freebsd for ntp have any core advantage other than that?
> Anyone have any knowledge or thoughts on this? What am I missing
> here?
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> Thanks!
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