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585: Infrastructure Administration Workstation

November 14th, 2024 | 49 mins 6 secs

admin, administration, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, diff, diff3, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, freebsd at 30, future, guide, hardenedbsd, history, howto, infrastructure, interview, jails, libressl, migration, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, plasma6, ports, programming, proxmox, release, sdiff, shell, software, storage, story, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, workstation, zfs, zpool

From Proxmox to FreeBSD - Story of a Migration, FreeBSD At 30: The History And Future Of The Most Popular BSD-Based OS, Using a dedicated administration workstation for my infrastructure, LibreSSL 4.0.0 Released, Plasma6 and FreeBSD 14, Replace gnu diff, diff3, and sdiff with BSD versions, and more

584: ZFS Copy Offloading

November 7th, 2024 | 57 mins 56 secs

accelerating, berkeley, best practices, brt, bsd, cis benchmark, cli, code, copy offloading, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, expert-guided, exrc, filesystem, foss, freebsd, graphical desktops, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jailfox, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, read-only device, release, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool

New CIS® FreeBSD 14 Benchmark: Secure Your Systems with Expert-Guided Best Practices, Accelerating ZFS with Copy Offloading: BRT, The uncertain possible futures of Unix graphical desktops, Jailfox - Firefox in a Freebsd Jail, Make Your Own Read-Only Device With NetBSD, ex/vi/nvi editor: .exrc advanced,

583: A host of self-hosters

October 31st, 2024 | 1 hr 9 mins

berkeley, best practices, bitwarden, bsd, cdn, cli, code, containers, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, maintenance, nas, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, podman, ports, programming, release, self-hosting, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, vaultwarden, zero drive failure, zfs, zpool

Run Linux Containers on FreeBSD 14 with Podman, Open Source FreeBSD NAS: Maintenance Best Practices, Self-hosting Bitwarden / VaultWarden on FreeBSD, I most definitely should (self-host)!, My 71 TiB ZFS NAS After 10 Years and Zero Drive Failures, Make Your Own CDN With OpenBSD Base and Just 2 Packages, and more

582: Introducing ZBM

October 24th, 2024 | 58 mins 18 secs

berkeley, broader adoption, bsd, cli, code, daily tasks, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, fish shell, font, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, host, howto, interview, jails, laptop support, mgration, netbsd, one-liners, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, strategic move, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, vm, zbm, zero config, zfs, zfsbootmenu, zpool

Why laptop support, why now: FreeBSD’s strategic move toward broader adoption, ZBM 101: Introduction to ZFSBootMenu, How I batch apply and save one-liners, Moving an Entire FreeBSD Installation to a New Host or VM in a Few Easy Steps, How to install "standard" TTF Microsoft fonts, We need more zero config tools, Reasons I still love the fish shell, You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks, and more

581: Releasing more BSDs

October 17th, 2024 | 53 mins 34 secs

acpiduming, activitypub, berkeley, bsd, chezmoi, cli, code, common myths, dataset, debunking, development, distribution, dotfiles, dragonflybsd, fediverse, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, podman, ports, programming, release, shell, snac2, software, storage, testing, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool

Debunking Common Myths About FreeBSD - Part 2, FreeBSD 13.4-RELEASE Announcement, OpenBSD -current has moved to version 7.6, acpidumping,Install snac2 on FreeBSD – An ActivityPub Instance for the Fediverse, Managing dotfiles with chezmoi, Podman testing on FreeBSD, and more

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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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