BSD Now

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

357 episodes of BSD Now since the first episode, which aired on September 4th, 2013.

  • 594: Name that Domain

    January 16th, 2025  |  1 hr 10 mins
    audit, berkeley, bhyve, block io limits, bsd, capsicum, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, domain naming, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, gopher, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, minnesota, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, rock64 board, security, shell, software, storage, subsystems, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool

    Security Audit of the Capsicum and bhyve Subsystems, ZFS on Linux and block IO limits show some limits of being out of the kernel, NetBSD on a ROCK64 Board, Domain Naming, BSDCan 2025 CFP, The Internet Gopher from Minnesota, and more

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    593: rc.conf Validator

    January 9th, 2025  |  57 mins 47 secs
    berkeley, bhyve, bsd, cli, code, cto perspective, dataset, development, distribution, dma, dragonfly mail agent, dragonflybsd, fell in love, filesystem, foss, freebsd, gdc package, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, macos/aarch64, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, opnsense 24.7.10, os, packages, ports, printing, programming, proxmox, rc.conf, release, replace, replacement, replacing, sendmail, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, validate, validation, zfs, zpool

    FreeBSD replaces sendmail with dma, Why We Use FreeBSD Over Linux: A CTO’s Perspective, How I fell in love with OpenBSD, A GDC package for macOS/aarch64, Validate Your FreeBSD rc.conf, Replacing Proxmox with FreeBSD and Bhyve, OPNsense 24.7.10 released, Printing With FreeBSD, and more

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    592: Wohoo, FreeBSD 14.2

    January 2nd, 2025  |  1 hr 1 min
    14.2, announcement, berkeley, biggest shell programs, block i/o, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, ipv6, jails, limits, memory conflict messages, nat, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, shell, software, spell checking, storage, storage fault management, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool

    ZFS Storage Fault Management, FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE Announcement, I feel that NAT is inevitable even with IPv6, Spell checking in Vim, OpenBSD Memory Conflict Messages, The Biggest Shell Programs in the World, and more

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    591: The Three Wise Men (hosts)

    December 26th, 2024  |  1 hr 11 mins
    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

    In this special episode, we are interviewing ourselves with the questions that out audience asked us many moons ago. Stay tuned for some insights about hobbies, all things computers, projects, and a whole lot more. Have fun and happy holidays!

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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.

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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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

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    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,

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    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