Re: [tlug] Erratic Rsync Behavior: Coping with Multi-Booting Effects on Time-keeping

[Charles Muller <cmuller-lst@example.com>]

On 05/02/2011 11:37 AM, Raymond Wan wrote:

> On 30/04/11 19:20, Charles Muller wrote:
> > So I checked around and (please correct me if I am wrong) it seems
> > that Windows systems are set by default to local time, and setting
> > them to UTC requires a registry hack of some sort. Also, my Windows
> > XP is being set by NTP. I suppose it is not impossible that Windows
> > is the culprit here, but since I have made no changes or reinstalls
> > of Windows in a couple of years, but have indeed reinstalled Debian
> > recently (pretty close to the time of the start of this problem) and
> > have updated Sid recently, I am guessing the problem is in Linux.
>
>
> I'm not trying to take sides between Linux/Windows :-), but
> I think it would be more correct to say that the problem
> lies with Linux because Windows is inflexible...  I have a
> vague feeling that was the conclusion I had reached a while
> back.

I certainly meant no criticism of Linux. I'm delighted that I have 
the option of being able to a clean install of Linux in about a half 
hour or so. Doing something like that with Windows needs a day.

Chuck


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