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The paper is concerned with the linear time-optimal problem \[ \dot x= Ax+u,\;x|_{t=0}= x_0,\;x|_{t=T}=0;\;x,u\in E^n,\;u\in U;\;T\to\min. \] Here \(x\) is a phase vector, \(u\) is a control, \(U\) is a smooth compact convex control domain, \(0\in\text{int }U\), and \(A\) is a given constant \(n\times n\) matrix. This control system is assumed to be controllable at a finite time by means of admissible controls which are \(n\)-dimensional continuous functions with values in \(U\). To solve this problem the authors apply the earlier developed method of potentials in two versions. The main result consists in proving the stability of the optimal time \(T_\varepsilon\) under smoothing the control domain \(U\) by introducing a small parameter \(\varepsilon>0\), so that \(T_\varepsilon\to T_0\) as \(\varepsilon\to 0\). Moreover, some computational examples are shown to illustrate the developed graphical software realizing the above method of potentials.