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451: Tuning ZFS recordsize

April 21st, 2022 | 1 hr 45 secs

backups, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, dump, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, intel, interview, laptop, mount, mounted, mounting, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, optimizing, os, packages, ports, power consumption, recordsize, release, shell, software, tcpdump, trident, trueos, tuning, tutorial, unix, wireless bridge, zfs, zpool

Full system backups with FFS snapshots, ZFS and dump(8), tuning recordsize in OpenZFS, Optimizing FreeBSD Power Consumption on Modern Intel Laptops, remember to check for ZFS filesystems being mounted, Use tcpdump to save wireless bridge, and more

450: Unix Tool Writing

April 14th, 2022 | 58 mins 53 secs

berkeley, best practices, bsd, coding, cron, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, errors, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, libressl, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, shell, software, taskwarrior, tool writing, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, unix philosophy, zfs, zpool

The ideas that made Unix, hints for writing Unix tools, cron best practices, three different sorts of filesystem errors, LibreSSL 3.5.1 released, taskwarrior to manage tasks, and more.

449: Reproducible clean $HOME

April 7th, 2022 | 50 mins 17 secs

berkeley, bsd, clean home, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, dual booting, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, hellosystem, howto, impermanence, interview, jail, lazy approach, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, q4 status report, release, reproducible, rockpro64, server, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

FreeBSD Status Report 4th Quarter 2021, Reproducible clean $HOME in OpenBSD using impermanence, Making RockPro64 a NetBSD Server, helloSystem 0.7.0 is out, lazy approach to FreeBSD dual-booting, going to jail, and more.

448: Controlling Resource Limits

March 31st, 2022 | 45 mins 22 secs

berkeley, bsd, cpu frequency scheduling, dataset, distribution, dns, dragonflybsd, freebsd, gsoc, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, rctl, release, resource limits, rsync, shell, software, summer of code, technical notes, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, userland, zfs, zpool

Controlling Resource Limits with rctl in FreeBSD, It’s always DNS, Google Summer of Code in BSD Projects, Rsync Technical Notes - Q4 2021, Userland CPU frequency scheduling for OpenBSD, and more.

447: Path to BSD

March 24th, 2022 | 53 mins 54 secs

berkeley, bsd, burpsuite, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, foundation, freebsd, futjitsu, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, linuxulator, mainframe, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, project proposal, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, unix service, webzine, zfs, zpool

FreeBSD Foundation Proposals, UNIX: On the Path to BSD, Fujitsu ends its mainframe and Unix services, Install burpsuite on FreeBSD using Linuxulator, new OpenBSD Webzine is out, and more.

446: Debugging ioctl problems

March 17th, 2022 | 48 mins 24 secs

badger book, berkeley, boot process, bsd, dataset, debug, debugging, distribution, dnssec book, dragonflybsd, freebsd, game pc, game setup, gaming, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, ioctl, michael w. lucas, mwlauthor, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, sparcbook, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

Restoring a Tadpole SPARCbook 3, The FreeBSD Boot Process, Debugging an ioctl Problem on OpenBSD, Why my game PC runs FreeBSD and Kubuntu, DNSSEC, Badgers, and Orcs, Oh My, and more.

445: Journey to BSD

March 10th, 2022 | 47 mins 12 secs

berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, history, howto, interview, macos migration, music server, navidrome, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, periodic scripts, pinebook pro, ports, processes, release, service management, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

Idiot's guide to OpenBSD on the Pinebook Pro, FreeBSD Periodic Scripts, history of service management in Unix, journey from macOS to FreeBSD, Unix processes “infecting” each other, navidrom music server on FreeBSD, and more.

444: Historic Developments

March 3rd, 2022 | 53 mins 36 secs

argv, berkeley, berkeleydb, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, games, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, inetd, interview, issue, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, retrocomputing, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, users manual, zfs, zpool

The History of Berkeley DB, modern inetd in FreeBSD, the Unix argv[0] issue, retrocomputing can be more than games, read section 8 of the Unix users manual, and more.

443: Certified Unix Compliant

February 24th, 2022 | 46 mins 29 secs

berkeley, bsd, cd-rw, certification, compliance, dataset, disney, distribution, dragonflybsd, file hash, foundation impact report, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, netflix, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, process substitution, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, unix compliant, widevine, zfs, zpool

Certifying an OS Unix compliant, 2021 FreeBSD Foundation Impact Report, Netflix, Disney, and other widevine content on FreeBSD, file hashes updated for NetBSD 8.1, Playing with CD-RWs on FreeBSD, Why "process substitution" is a late feature in Unix shells, and more.

442: Birthing Unix

February 17th, 2022 | 46 mins 19 secs

beginnings, berkeley, birth, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, help request, howto, interview, lumina, netbsd, observant owl, open source, openbsd, operating system, opnsense, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, status report, t460s, thinkpad, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

The Birth of Unix, Help request for three big Lumina items, FreeBSD 13 on Thinkpad T460s, HardenedBSD January 2022 Status Report, OPNsense 22.1 "Observant Owl" released, and more.

441: Migration to BSD

February 10th, 2022 | 50 mins 13 secs

base jails, berkeley, bsd, cluster, cluster provisioning, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, libbsddialog, migration, netbsd, nomad, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, os migration, packages, ports, pot, release, server migration, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vnet, zfs, zpool

Migrating our servers from Linux to FreeBSD, Cluster provisioning with Nomad and Pot on FreeBSD, LibBSDDialog, FreeBSD 13.0 Base Jails with ZFS and VNET, and more.

440: BSD Inside Zone

February 3rd, 2022 | 44 mins 57 secs

berkeley, bsd, dataset, desktop, distribution, dragonflybsd, dummynet, freebsd, ghostbsd, gnome, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, inside zone, installation, interview, linux rant, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, packet scheduling, ports, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vfs, virtual filesystem switch, zfs, zpool

GhostBSD 22.01 is available, Packet Scheduling with Dummynet and FreeBSD, Inside zone installation, Why the FreeBSD Desktop and my Linux Rant, How to install Gnome on OpenBSD, The important Unix idea of the "virtual filesystem switch", and more.

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