BSD Now

A weekly podcast and the place to B...SD

About the show

Created by three guys who love BSD, we cover the latest news and have an extensive series of tutorials, as well as interviews with various people from all areas of the BSD community. It also serves as a platform for support and questions. We love and advocate FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD and TrueOS. Our show aims to be helpful and informative for new users that want to learn about them, but still be entertaining for the people who are already pros.

The show airs on Wednesdays at 2:00PM (US Eastern time) and the edited version is usually up the following day.

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Episodes

  • 580: EuroBSDcon 2024 - Part 2

    October 10th, 2024  |  1 hr 55 secs
    berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool

    Jason is still on location at EuroBSDcon getting interviews with those in the BSD Community.

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    579: EuroBSDcon 2024

    October 3rd, 2024  |  56 mins 36 secs
    berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool

    Jason is on location at EuroBSDcon getting interviews with those in the BSD Community.

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    578: KVM, but Smol

    September 26th, 2024  |  58 mins 9 secs
    berkeley, bsd, canonicalization, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dma, domain, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, fun fact, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, kvm, limiting process priority, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, postfix, programming, release, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, unix tool list, utility, voyager, zfs, zpool

    Limiting Process Priority in a FreeBSD Jail, Why You Should Use FreeBSD, The web fun fact that domains can end in dots and canonicalization failures, Replacing postfix with dma + auth, modern unix tool list, Smol KVM, The Computers of Voyager

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    577: Multi-Threaded LZ4

    September 19th, 2024  |  59 mins 35 secs
    abstractions, algorithm, berkeley, bridging, bsd, cli, code, compression, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, dying computer museum, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, infrastructure modernization, interview, investment, jails, lz4, multi-threaded, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, routing, shell, software, sovereign tech fund, stf, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, vm-bhyve, zfs, zpool

    New Host Introduction 🤭, From Bridging to Routing With FreeBSD, Sovereign Tech Fund to Invest €686,400 in FreeBSD Infrastructure Modernization, The Dying Computer Museum, In practice, abstractions hide their underlying details, LZ4 Compression Algorithm Gets Multi-Threaded Update, Using Windows or Linux on FreeBSD's vm-bhyve, and more

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    576: The Forever Workaround

    September 12th, 2024  |  1 hr 1 min
    berkeley, boot stipple, bsd, chaos, cli, cloud, code, dataset, development, distribution, dovecot, dragonflybsd, efficiency, encryption at rest, filesystem, foss, freebsd, gpg, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, iconography, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, plan 9, ports, programming, rdp, release, remote desktop, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, vnc, workarounds, zfs, zpool

    From Cloud Chaos to FreeBSD Efficiency, August 2024 Foundation Update, Email encryption at rest on OpenBSD using dovecot and GPG, Workarounds are often forever (unless you work to make them otherwise), Remote Desktop using RDP and VNC, Iconography of the X Window System: The Boot Stipple, Plan 9 is a Uniquely Complete Operating System, and more

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    575: Missing BSD/Linux

    September 5th, 2024  |  51 mins 59 secs
    ancient file systems, automated, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, deployments, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, git push, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, root on zfs, shell, software, status report, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, x window system, zfs, zpool

    X Window System At 40, Lessons from Ancient File Systems, HardenedBSD July 2024 Status Report, FreeBSD's 'root on ZFS' is appealing, I Miss BSD/Linux, Simple automated deployments using git

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    574: Hypervisor Determination

    August 29th, 2024  |  1 hr 38 secs
    antithesis, berkeley, bsd, case study, cli, code, computer security, dataset, deterministic hypervisor, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, dumb idea, editing, email server, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, initial unix, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, teaching, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, unix monoculture, utility, video, zfs, zpool

    Antithesis: Pioneering Deterministic Hypervisors with FreeBSD and Bhyve, Our slowly growing Unix monoculture, The six dumbest ideas in computer security (2005), Video Edition notes on OpenBSD, Full-featured email server running OpenBSD, ever heard of teaching a case study of Initial Unix?, and more

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    573: Kyua Graduation

    August 22nd, 2024  |  54 mins 18 secs
    backward compatibility, bell labs, berkeley, bsd, charlie root, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, email, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, human scale software, interview, jails, kyua, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, recreate, release, remote, shell, software, ssh, storage, test framework, testing, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, visual studio code, zfs, zpool

    What Would It Take to Recreate Bell Labs?, Human Scale Software vs Open Source, How to run Visual Studio (VS) Code Remote over SSH on FreeBSD 13 and 14, Why are some emails from Charlie Root and others are from root?, Backward compatibility has real costs even for settings, Kyua graduates, and more

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    572: Where's my backup?

    August 15th, 2024  |  1 hr 14 secs
    backup, berkeley, bridging networks, bsd, cli, code, computer security, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, for the people, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, manual update, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, overview, packages, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, updating, utility, vi, vim, vps, vxlan, wireguard, workstation, zfs, zpool

    OpenBSD Workstation for the People, Bridging Networks Across VPS With Wireguard and VXLAN on FreeBSD, Updating FreeBSD the Manual Way, Part of (computer) security is convincing people that it works, Where’s my backup?, Vi and Vim: A Brief Overview, and more

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    571: Cloud Chaos

    August 8th, 2024  |  1 hr 9 mins
    40 years, berkeley, bsd, chaos, cli, cloud, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, efficiency, eurobsdcon schedule, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interactive, interview, jails, local-to-anchors, navigating, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pf rules, ports, programming, quarterly release, release, release schedule, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, x window, zfs, zpool

    Navigating FreeBSD’s New Quarterly and Biennial Release Schedule, EuroBSDCon 2024 Schedule, From Cloud Chaos to FreeBSD Efficiency, Local-to-anchors tables in PF rules, CloudBSD, and more

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    570: RIP dhclient

    August 1st, 2024  |  58 mins 46 secs

    The FreeBSD-native-ish home lab and network, FreeBSD 14.1: What’s new, and how did we get here?, The Old Computer Challenge v4 (Olympics edition), MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5, Adding a USB Port to the ThinkPad X1 Nano (the Hard Way), Reasons to use your shell's job control, RIP dhclient(8)

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    569: The ZFS Pi

    July 25th, 2024  |  47 mins 37 secs
    berkeley, bsd, bsdcan 2024, checkpoints, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, enhancing, file disk images, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, ipsec, ipv6, iso, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, plaintext, playlist, ports, practical, programming, raspberry pi, release, routing domains, shell, software, stability, storage, system logs, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, videos, vpn, zfs, zfs root, zpool

    Enhancing FreeBSD Stability With ZFS Pool Checkpoints, Plaintext is not a great format for (system) logs, Initial playlist of 28 BSDCan Videos released, Installing FreeBSD 14 on Raspberry Pi 4B with ZFS root, A practical guide to VPNs, IPv6, routing domains and IPSEC, How to mount ISO or file disk images on OpenBSD, and more