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Working with systemd timers - Dmitry Kudryavtsev (yieldcode.blog)

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[–] syklemil@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

post from 2025

systemd is a relatively new utility that provides an array of components for Linux systems.

what

Snideness aside, systemd timers can be pretty neat. They also have some features like being able to specify "Daily" and setting some looseness in when it triggers if you e.g. have a fleet of machines and don't want them all to do something at exactly the same time.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 8 points 1 day ago

To be fair, it is relatively new. Cron will be 50 this year which blows my fucking mind.