Another Linux lie: we keep time

Another Linux lie: we keep time

Truth is: you don't.

Since I upgraded from my trusty old Fedora 28 to 30, time is frequently off. Initially it was off by 1 hour, after resuming from sleep, but after I upgraded all the way to 41, it is now off by many hours. The only solution to this is to run sudo systemctl restart systemd-timesyncd.service and then it magically restores from NTP.

I am not going to bore you with the pesky detail that in order for the correct time to reflect in the time applet on Mate's panel, the clock has to be clicked to drop down the calendar. This is so minor, compared to the main issue.

So, 30 versions down the road, the terminally genius FOSS developers managed to FUBAR time. Do you notice a trend? They FUBAR something in each next release. Anyone with a shred of intelligence would have paused to think and realized that something is wrong with their release and testing strategy, but no, not at RedHat/Fedora project. They are perfect, infallible, ideal. They do not need any thinking or reflection on their actions and results thereof.

And don't you dare tell them! You will become a troll, from their perspective. How dare you rain on their parade of demented clowns?

For 25 fucking years, I did not even have to pause to give it a thought how time in Linux was kept, but then some terminally genius ivory tower dweller had a change of heart, with best intentions of course, and they decided to make another change that broke time. The consensus on the Internet is that the command

timedatectl set-local-rtc 1 --adjust-system-clock

fixes the issue by instructing Linux to treat HW clock as local time. Let's see how it goes now that I issued it and fixed the computer's clock back to local. How Linux managed to change it from local to UTC is beyond me: it does so silently, without letting anyone know, unless you are into digging into logs.

There is another trend: as systemd takes over each next item of Linux, it fucks them up. Everything that was switched to systemd became fucked up. I recall the main systemd developer complaining in his blog that other Linux developers contemplated hiring a hitman for him. Too bad it went nowhere. Isn't it gratifying to see them devour one another?

PS: And I was wondering why my browser history is messed up, with addresses disappearing from history completely and 'reopen last tab' opening wrong ones! But of course: the time was wrong.

Posted by: LinuxLies at 08:34 AM | No Comments | Add Comment
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