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466: cat(1)’s efficiency

August 4th, 2022 | 53 mins 39 secs

aws ec2, bastille, berkeley, bsd, cat, contributing, contribution, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, efficiency, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, internet of old things, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, software development, speed boost, tls 1.3, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vnet, zfs, zpool

Contributing to Open Source Beyond Software Development, bringing TLS 1.3 to the Internet of Old Things, How efficient can cat(1) be, boost the speed of Unix shell programs, Running FreeBSD VNET Jails on AWS EC2 with Bastille, and more

465: Deep Space Debugging

July 28th, 2022 | 38 mins 45 secs

asciidoc, berkeley, bsd, dataset, debug, debugging, deep space, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, firewall, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, lisp, lldb, lldb-server, multiprocess support, nasa, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pf, pf macros, pf tables, ports, release, shell, snapshot, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, website, zero dependencies, zfs, zpool

Debugging Lisp in Deep Space, 0 Dependency Websites with OpenBSD & AsciiDoc, Deleting old snapshots on FreeBSD, Full multiprocess support in lldb-server, Basic fix between pf tables and macros, and more

464: Compiling with kefir

July 21st, 2022 | 39 mins 20 secs

analysis, analytics, berkeley, bhyve, bsd, chibicc, compiler, dataset, distribution, domain specific knowledge, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, issue, jails, kefir, netbsd, new edition, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, ssd, status report, trident, trim, trim support, trueos, tutorial, unix, webzine, zfs, zpool

From 0 to bhyve on FreeBSD, Analyze OpenBSD’s Kernel with Domain-Specific Knowledge, OpenBSD Webzine: ISSUE #10, HardenedBSD June 2022 Status Report, two new C compilers: chibicc and kefir in OpenBSD, SSD TRIM in NetBSD HEAD, and more

463: The 1.0 Legend

July 14th, 2022 | 55 mins 11 secs

1993, audio, base vs. ports, berkeley, bhyve, bsd, compiler, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hacker news, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, legend, llvm, netbsd, netgraph, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, trident, truenas 13, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

Differences between base and ports LLVM in OpenBSD, Netgraph for FreeBSD’s bhyve Networking, Audio on FreeBSD – Quick Guide, FreeBSD’s Legend starts at 1.0, Hacker News running by FreeBSD, TrueNAS 13, and more

462: OpenBSD Sales Pitch

July 7th, 2022 | 53 mins 49 secs

autoconf, berkeley, bsd, cache, caching, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jailed application, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, rc.d, release, sales, salesperson, selling, shell, software, speed, speedup, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, yubikey, zfs, zpool

The Design and Implementation of the NetBSD rc.d system, selling OpenBSD as a salesperson, Speeding up autoconf with caching, Allowing non-root execution of a jailed application, Configure login(1) and sshd(8) for YubiKey on OpenBSD, and more.

461: Persistent Memory Allocation

June 30th, 2022 | 49 mins 40 secs

berkeley, bsd, cgit, color, colorize, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, gitolite, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, memory allocation, netbsd, nginx, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, persistent memory, ports, quarterly, release, shell, software, status report, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

Q1 FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report 2022, Nginx on OpenBSD 7.1, Persistent Memory Allocation, Colorize your BSD shell, cgit With Gitolite and Nginx on FreeBSD 13, and more

460: OpenBSD airport folklore

June 23rd, 2022 | 37 mins 38 secs

airport, airport codes, berkeley, bsd, containerd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, folklore, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, iata, implementation, interview, jails, linux containers, linuxulator, minimalistic, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pine64, ports, release, rockpro64, shell, software, status report, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, window manager, zfs, zpool

Containerd gains support for launching Linux containers on FreeBSD, OpenBSD 7.1 on PINE64 RockPro64, true minimalistic window manager does not exist, OpenBSD folklore, HardenedBSD May 2022 Status Report, DragonFlyBSD 6.2.2 out, and more

459: NetBSD Kernel benchmark

June 16th, 2022 | 54 mins 5 secs

backup, backups, benchmark, berkeley, bsd, compiler benchmark, compiling, dataset, diagnostics, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, graviton 3, guide, hardenedbsd, hardware detection, howto, interview, jails, kernel compile, netbsd, network management, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, packet filter, pf, ports, production use, release, shell, software, time machine, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

Evaluating FreeBSD CURRENT for Production Use, Time Machine-like Backups on OpenBSD, FreeBSD on the Graviton 3, Compiling the NetBSD kernel as a benchmark, Network Management with the OpenBSD Packet Filter Toolset from BSDCan 2022, Hardware Detection & Diagnostics for New FreeBSD Users, and more

458: Traceroute interpretation

June 9th, 2022 | 48 mins 41 secs

account, account locking, berkeley, bsd, cautionary tale, cloud, ctwm, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, fundamentals, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, locking, moreutils, mtr, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, overgrowth, packages, password groping, ports, protection, public cloud, release, shell, software, spamtraps, spamware, spf, spleen, traceroute, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, user account, zfs, zpool

Fundamentals of the FreeBSD Shell, Spammers in the Public Cloud, locking user accounts properly, overgrowth on NetBSD, moreutils, ctwm & spleen, interpreting a traceroute, and more

457: The NetBSD Wheelbarrow

June 2nd, 2022 | 47 mins 3 secs

berkeley, bluetooth, bsd, buildtool, continuous integration, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, driver, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, kde, netbsd, network basics, networking, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, playstation, ports, raidz1, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, wifi, zfs, zpool

Journey to ZFS RAIDZ1 on NetBSD, FreeBSD networking basics: WiFi and Bluetooth, smuggling code into the playstation via NetBSD driver hole, KDE FreeBSD CI, remembering buildtool, and more

456: FreeBSD 13.1

May 26th, 2022 | 51 mins 19 secs

13.1, android, baikal, berkeley, bhyve, branch, branching, bsd, calendar, case filing, command line, contacts, convention, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, microbhyve, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, psarc case, release, shell, software, sync, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

FreeBSD 13.1 is released, Unix command line conventions over time, Branching for NetBSD 10, Microbhyve, Own your Calendar and Contacts with OpenBSD, the PSARC case for ZFS, and more

455: Ken Thompson Singularity

May 19th, 2022 | 45 mins 21 secs

berkeley, bsd, dataset, debugger, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, game, game development, gaming, godot, guide, hardenedbsd, hare compiler, howto, interview, jails, lldb, multiprocess support, netbsd, nuclear apocalypse, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, thinkpad t460s, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

OpenBSD is the Perfect OS post Nuclear Apocalypse, Multiprocess support for LLDB, porting the new Hare compiler to OpenBSD, Writing my first OpenBSD game using Godot, FreeBSD 13 on Thinkpad T460s, and more.

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