"Richard B. Gilbert" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Routers usually do not make good GPS clocks! If they are functioning as
routers they have work to do and time keeping is not a priority.
Indeed! I was thinking of the router just as a source of low-cost, ready
to run hardware, with a completely different OS.
Used computers (X86) are available for free if you don't mind "dumpster
diving" for them. You can run Solaris on one. Solaris, is not Linux
but it looks like Linux and uses something close to the Linux command
line interface. You may find that it's better documented than Linux.
It's a commercial O/S and supported by the vendor. Support, if you need
it, will cost you money.
I already have a FreeBSD PC which I would run, but I wanted a much lower
power, and small form factor device.
If your objection to Linux is based on the user interface and/or the
libraries and tools you are probably "SOL"; the only viable alternative
is some flavor of Windows!
I have no objection to Linux as such (although I read that FreeBSD may be
better), just that I am very unfamiliar with it, hence would most likely
need a pre-built OS. If loading the OS is a matter of FTP from Windows,
or were configuring the OS a matter of using a Web-style interface to the
box, I could comfortably manage that. I /did/ use the command-line when
setting up the FreeBSD box, and I could certainly follow instructions for
that.
NTP is pretty much the same no matter what platform you run it on. The
O/S vendor may add a coat of paint or some bells and whistles but that's
probably the ONLY difference.
Fair enough, Richard. Interesting to have your thoughts.
Cheers,
David
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