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Re:A Word about Systemd by akerl_ on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @07:48AM (#41578529)
Yes. Systemd timers are an order of magnitude better for the average distro maintainer and the average user than the various ways of invoking and running cron.
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Re:A Word about Systemd by egorfine on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @08:03AM (#41578665)
cron worked just fine and seemingly was perfect for the job for decades and dozens of operating systems.

What happened?

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Re:A Word about Systemd by akerl_ on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @08:14AM (#41578764)
It didn’t and wasn’t.
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Re:A Word about Systemd by vetinari on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @08:28AM (#41578886)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41578676

See the last point.

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Re:A Word about Systemd by egorfine on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @08:34AM (#41578940)
Got it. One man's Unix philosophy is another man's "rag-tag of tools".
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Re:A Word about Systemd by vetinari on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @08:48AM (#41579079)
Well, a part of the unix philosophy is "doing it well". The "rag-tag of tools" are usually missing that part.
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