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Yes. Systemd timers are an order of magnitude better for the average distro maintainer and the average user than the various ways of invoking and running cron.

• egorfine 2y ago
  cron worked just fine and seemingly was perfect for the job for decades and dozens of operating systems. What happened?
  • akerl_ 2y ago
    It didn’t and wasn’t.
  • vetinari 2y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41578676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41578676 See the last point.
    • egorfine 2y ago
      Got it. One man's Unix philosophy is another man's "rag-tag of tools".
      • vetinari 2y ago
        Well, a part of the unix philosophy is "doing it well". The "rag-tag of tools" are usually missing that part.