A 6-part series taking you from "why does my computer's clock drift"
all the way to "the algorithm chrony uses to decide which time
servers to trust."
For Linux users, developers, and sysadmins. Watch in order for the
full arc, or pick the part you need.
Series episodes:
Part 1 — Why Computers Need a Time Service (coming soon)
Part 2 — What Chrony Does
Part 3 — How Chrony Talks to Time Servers
Part 4 — Drift, Slewing, and Stepping
Part 5 — How Chrony Picks Which Servers to Trust
Part 6 — Chrony vs ntpd: Why Chrony Won
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About this channel:
The Stack Underflow explains what your textbook skipped — Linux
internals, networking, distributed systems, and the production
realities most tutorials avoid. From a working technical delivery
manager with 20+ years in Linux and real-time systems.
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