[time-nuts] Re: Replacement of Windows NTP server with Linux

[Tim Shoppa]

Ubuntu server is great - I’ve been supporting applications on Ubuntu for
over 10 years now and it is easy to maintain and update.

Set Ubuntu up absolutely minimally - no packages installed unless
absolutely necessary. Certainly no X11 or GUI desktop. This way the number
of security updates will be lowest.

Instead of chrony , I use ntpd because of 30+ years experience under my
belt with that. (As well as experience customizing I/O for esoteric
refclocks like WWV audio).

Tim N3QE

On Tuesday, April 13, 2021, Russ Ramirez <russ.ramirez at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have been running a Windows PC with Lady Heather and Meinberg NTP monitor
> for 6-7 years now. One very annoying problem with Windows 10 has been the
> forced updates and reboots knocking my headless configuration on it's arse.
>
> So I have been experimenting with various Linux options, first with RPi 4
> with a compiled version of LH, and now with Ubuntu Server 20.04 using
> chrony, gpsd and of course the attached GPS device (NMEA for now, but being
> replaced with the Tbolt attached to the Win 10 PC).
>
> All seems to be working fine, the chronyc monitoring looks good and a run
> of w32tm /stripchart /computer:<ip> looks good compared to the Win 10 peer.
>
> I'll next be wiring-up PPS for the first time for the next round of tests.
>
> For you X experts out there, is there anything I need to watch out for? TIA
>
> Russ
> K0WFS
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