{"id":48926,"date":"2026-07-14T03:01:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T03:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedinet.co.za\/?p=48926"},"modified":"2026-07-14T03:01:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T03:01:54","slug":"ubuntu-is-swapping-its-time-sync-tool-for-a-rust-based-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedinet.co.za\/?p=48926","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu is swapping its time sync tool for a Rust-based version"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img width=\"406\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.omgubuntu.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ubuntu-time-server.jpg?resize=406%2C232&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-list size-post-list wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.omgubuntu.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ubuntu-time-server.jpg?resize=350%2C200&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.omgubuntu.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ubuntu-time-server.jpg?resize=406%2C232&amp;ssl=1 406w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.omgubuntu.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ubuntu-time-server.jpg?resize=840%2C480&amp;ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.omgubuntu.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ubuntu-time-server.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=406%2C232&amp;ssl=1 1218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\">Canonical wants\u00a0ntpd-rs, a Rust rewrite of NTP (Network Time Protocol), to become Ubuntu\u2019s default time sync client. To help get there, Canonical has become a Gold Sponsor of the Trifecta Tech Foundation, the non-profit behind\u00a0ntpd-rs, committing \u20ac40,000 a year to help fund its memory-safe software projects. The goal is to make the Rust-based version the default time sync client and server in Ubuntu 27.04, and it will be made it available for testing in Ubuntu 26.10, out in October. Eventually, it\u2019ll also replace\u00a0chrony,\u00a0linuxptp\u00a0and\u00a0gpsd\u00a0for time-syncing use cases, according to Jon Seager, Ubuntu VP of Engineering at Canonical. Your Ubuntu system keeps [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re reading Ubuntu is swapping its time sync tool for a Rust-based version, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canonical wants\u00a0ntpd-rs, a Rust rewrite of NTP (Network Time Protocol), to become Ubuntu\u2019s default time sync client. To help get there, Canonical has become a Gold Sponsor of the Trifecta Tech Foundation, the non-profit behind\u00a0ntpd-rs, committing \u20ac40,000 a year to help fund its memory-safe software projects. The goal is to make the Rust-based version the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[306,16,307,236,308,290],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chrony","category-news","category-rust","category-security","category-time-server","category-ubuntu-26-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedinet.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedinet.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedinet.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedinet.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedinet.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/speedinet.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedinet.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedinet.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedinet.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}