Ubuntu affecting Windows XP clock

[John]

Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 06:13:10AM +0800, John wrote:
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>>Matt Zimmerman wrote:
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>>>There's something much better than a tweak; there's a bug filed with a
>>>strategy for a fix to make it to the right thing automatically.
>>>
>>>https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332
>>
>>UTC is _never_ the right default for IA32.
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> 
> I disagree.

Under what circumstances do you think UTC right? So far, I've seen 
people say "not so," but I don't recall anyone adding "because."


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>>It fails when Windows is installed second.
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> 
> Have you tried to install Windows on a system with Linux on it?  The RTC is
> the least of your worries.  Windows has never attempted to coexist with
> another OS.

Shrug.
I know the problems OS/2 users have experienced. The last time I read 
Windows installation instructions (NT), the manual describes how to get 
your "other operating system" bootable.

Whatever the problems, that is no excuse for exacerbating them.


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> 
> The initial time set on the board at the factory is irrelevant, _especially_
> if it's local time, because it's already wrong and needs to be set.
> 

They always seem to be Western Australian time and that's fine by me:-)

For sure, if I go down to my local computer shop and buy a system, it 
will be preconfigured to our time.