Use systemd timers instead of cronjobs (2020)

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• AStonesThrow 4 hours ago
  Chris Siebenmann has some thoughts and opinions on systemd timers. Here's a search query revealing six articles from 2019-22:

  https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/?search=systemd+timers

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  • ycombinatrix 3 hours ago
    >The great advantage of crontab entries in a modern environment that supports /etc/cron.d is that they're much simpler to deploy and use.

    I have found the opposite to be true on NixOS e.g. I set up a systemd timer to update ddns every 15 minutes but only to run when the network interface is up.