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The Limits of NTP Accuracy on Linux

by Scott Laird scottstuff.net published 2025-05-1919 min read

Lately I’ve been trying to find (and understand) the limits of time syncing between Linux systems. How accurate can you get? What does it take to get that? And what things can easily add measurable amounts of time error? After most of a month (!), I’m starting to understand things. This is kind of a follow-on to a…
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