Do you need to adjust ntp.service?

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I’ve noticed that ntp.service seems to be a slow actor in startup by using command
systemd-analyze critical-chain

Investigating provided this fix - which took ntp.service off the list and reduced over time about 10 seconds.

1 - edit /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
gksudo pluma /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift

2 add the US, or your local ntp servers

server 0.us.pool.ntp.org
server 1.us.pool.ntp.org
server 2.us.pool.ntp.org
server 3.us.pool.ntp.org

Save, reboot and test!

You might consider if you need services for the blind or a modem these 2 commands can also speed boot up
Blind
sudo systemctl disable brltty.service
Modem
sudo systemctl disable ModemManager.service

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I thought we put those server entries in /etc/ntp.conf

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I read the instructions at NTP
Just like many things wrt computers there’s more than 1 way to solve a problem. I don’t have enough depth in this area to predict short comings or strengths of either method.

I’m always willing to learn