I don't have objections to retiring the ntp tool, as long as there's something
to take its place, and as long as a command argument compatible ntpdate tool
still exists. I tend to use ntpdate much more often than I enable the ntp
service. Right now ntpdate runs on boot on my PinePhone's Fedora 3
I figure I'll add my two cents for as little as that's worth.
Personally, I use extlinux with a custom, barebones configuration. On my EFI
systems, I use syslinux EFI. I like the simplicity of syntax for syslinux's
configuration and how small it is, but that's me, and it's not going to be
every