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590: Single, not sorry

December 19th, 2024 | 49 mins 18 secs

awk, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, graphviz, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, markdown, md, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pandoc, pdf, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, w3schools, zfs, zpool

In this episode, Benedict shows some of the tools he loves to use including Markdown (producing PDFs and other docs using Pandoc), AWK, and Graphviz. A lot of tutorials and getting-started links in this practical-oriented episode for you.

589: The buffering pipe

December 12th, 2024 | 58 mins 28 secs

berkeley, bsd, buffer, buffering, cli, clock, code, crisis, cyrix, dataset, development, disk i/o, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, ghostbsd, guide, hardenedbsd, history, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, omnios server, open source, openbsd, operating system, opnsense, os, packages, pipes, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, stuck, time sync, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, userland, utility, zfs, zpool

Open-Source Software Is in Crisis, A Brief History of Cyrix, Userland Disk I/O, OPNsense 24.7.9 released, GhostBSD 24.10.1 Is Now Available, Why pipes sometimes get "stuck": buffering, Keep your OmniOS server time synced, and more

588: PGP Alternatives

December 5th, 2024 | 1 hr 4 mins

berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, evaporation, filesystem, foss, foss surplus, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, ibm, iconic consoles, interview, ipv6, jails, mainframe, nat, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pgp alternatives, pnfs, ports, programming, release, shell, software, spell checking, storage, system/360, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, vim, zfs, zpool

Deploying pNFS file sharing with FreeBSD, What To Use Instead of PGP, The slow evaporation of the FOSS surplus, I feel that NAT is inevitable even with IPv6, Spell checking in Vim, Iconic consoles of the IBM System/360 mainframes, 55 years old, and more

587: New filesystems category

November 28th, 2024 | 50 mins 54 secs

automating, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, compatibility, crypted passwords, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, introduction, jails, misconceptions, netbsd, open source, openbsd, openzfs 2.3, operating system, os, packages, peace of mind, ports, ports category, programming, q3 report, release, shell, snapshot automation, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool

FreeBSD Quarterly Report, Welcome to the new category: filesystems, BSD Misconceptions, Notes on the compatibility of crypted passwords across Unixes in late 2024, Automating ZFS Snapshots for Peace of Mind, A few nice things in OpenZFS 2.3, and more

586: Cloud Exit Savings

November 21st, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins

berkeley, bsd, cli, cloud exit, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, history, howto, inetd, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, savings, shell, show off, software, storage, storage benchmarks, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, vm live migration, zfs, zpool

Our Cloud Exit Savings will not top ten million over five years, 5 Reasons Why Your ZFS Storage Benchmarks Are Wrong, The history of inetd is more interesting than I expected, OpenBSD is Hard to Show Off, bhyve on FreeBSD and VM Live Migration – Quo vadis?, and more

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