[kwlug-disc] systemd timer VS crontab

[Gordon Dey]

On 2026-01-06 21:46, Chris Frey wrote:
> Still using cron, and occasionally even at/batch.

Like Chris, I still use cron. It's easy to update/maintain, especially 
if the editor is set. It also emails results (if I want) so I can 
debug/change with confidence.

Systemd...
doesn't cope well with non-dhcp nfs networks. It's meant for a laptop 
user in a cafe, perhaps? I munge /etc/network/interfaces, /etc/hosts, 
/etc/resolv.conf and turn off the resolved and time sync to make systems 
stable and predictable.

It also does funky things with sockets that has had me wondering what's 
up with gpsd when it shouldn't touch gpsd.

The binary journalctl means that figuring out what went wrong in boot is 
far more tedious than a simple grep over /var/log/*.log. I don't need 
the fancy pagination and process tree. Just the log, thanks.

Gord


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