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NTP, the Network Time Protocol, is used to keep the computer clocks synchronized to the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) then it can be easily translated by the system to a local time using the timezone db.
NTP is one of the oldest Internet protocols in current use.
Introduction
As a privacy measure all the remote connections on Trisquel are disabled by default, ntp being a network-based system making remote connections, is not installed by default.
The goal of the this wiki is to provide simple instructions for users that require this service enabled.
timesyncd
This can be easily enabled by installing the timesyncd daemon.
sudo apt install systemd-timesyncd
GUI
Mate
Once installed it can be easily enabled via GUI in the clock applet on the notification area or access via,
Start > System > Control Center > Hardware Category > Time and Date Management.
command-line interface
Once installed timesyncd, it can be enabled by executing,
timedatectl set-ntp true
Other time sync daemons
There might be other options rather than timesyncd, but they will likely need manual setup and a higher experience.
Here a non exhaustive list,
- openntpd
