BSD Now

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

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

  • 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.

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    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.

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    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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    439: Browser Tab Unix

    January 27th, 2022  |  39 mins 28 secs
    acm, berkeley, browser tab, bsd, community, dataset, discord, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, omni os ce, open source, openbsd, openindiana hipster, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    ACM: It takes a community, Don’t use discord for OSS projects, Unix in a browser tab, OpenIndiana Hipster 2021.10 available, Omni OS CE v11 is out, and more.

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    438: Toolchain Adventures

    January 20th, 2022  |  46 mins 35 secs
    adguard home, adventure, based challenge, bastille, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, end of year, foundation, freebsd, fundraising, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, lumina desktop, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, review, shell, software, template, toolchain, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool, zsh

    FreeBSD Foundation reviews 2021 activities, DragonflyBSD 6.2.1 is here, Lumina Desktop 1.6.2 available, toolchain adventures, The OpenBSD BASED Challenge Day 7, Bastille Template: AdGuard Home, setting up ZSH on FreeBSD and more.

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    437: Audit that package

    January 13th, 2022  |  41 mins 3 secs
    auditing, berkeley, bsd, bug, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, dump support, freebsd, games, gaming, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, kernel core dump, lldb, mars, netbsd, obscure, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pkg-audit, port, porting, ports, release, security, shell, slimbook, software, steam, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, x11 tools, zfs, zpool

    Using FreeBSD’s pkg-audit, 20 year old bug that went to Mars, FreeBSD on Slimbook, LLDB FreeBSD kernel core dump support, Steam on OpenBSD, Cool but obscure X11 tools, and more

  • 436: Unix Standards Battle

    January 6th, 2022  |  43 mins 32 secs
    battle, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, emulator, freebsd, freebsd 12.3, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, microcontroller, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, packet filter, pdp-11, pf, ports, pre-boot environment, release, shell, software, standards, trident, truenas 13, trueos, tutorial, unix, wars, zfs, zpool

    UNIX Wars, What every IT person needs to know about OpenBSD Part 3, FreeBSD 12.3 is here, TrueNAS 13 begins, what Unix pre-boot envs looked liked, run Unix on Microcontrollers with PDP-11 emulators and more.

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    435: Year End Interview

    December 30th, 2021  |  33 mins 51 secs
    berkeley, bsd, computer challenge, dataset, dataswamp, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, games, gaming, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, shell community, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, webzine, zfs, zpool

    In this last episode of 2021, we interview Solene from OpenBSD. She’s blogging about her experiences with OpenBSD on dataswamp.org, the webzine she created, how she got involved and other topics. Enjoy and best wishes for 2022!

  • 434: It’s Quiz-mas time

    December 23rd, 2021  |  58 mins 30 secs
    berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, host interviews, howto, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, special interview, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, xmas, zfs, zpool

    In this special xmas episode we let the audience interview us using questions they sent us and we’ll answer now. Tom, Allan, JT, and I are all here, so stay tuned for some interesting answers to your questions.

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    433: GhostBSD of Christmas

    December 16th, 2021  |  29 mins 18 secs
    berkeley, bsd, chdir, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, eden x2, freebsd, ghostbsd, gui, gui package manager, guide, hardenedbsd, hewlett packard, howto, hp, interview, modem, netbsd, octopkg, open source, openbsd, operating system, opnsense, os, packages, ports, posix_spawn, release, shell, software, t510, thin client, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, v7, via, via eden, web interface, zfs, zpool

    GhostBSD 21.11.24 ISO available, why v7 matters so much, OpenBSD on VIA Eden X2 powered HP t510 Thin Client, OctoPkg GUI Package Manager, chdir(2) support in posix_spawn(3), install doas on FreeBSD, Access Modem's Web Interface with OPNsense, and more

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    432: Introducing OpenZFS 3.0 - Yeah

    December 9th, 2021  |  54 mins 43 secs
    awk, berkeley, bsd, bsd user group, bug, dataset, developer summit, distribution, doas, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, habug, hardenedbsd, howto, infrastructure, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, openzfs, openzfs 2.0, openzfs 3.0, operating system, os, packages, parallel processing, ports, release, shell, software, status update, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, user group, wayland, zfs, zpool

    HAMBug hybrid meeting, Demystifying OpenZFS 2.0, OpenZFS 3.0 introduced at Dev Summit, HardenedBSD Home Infrastructure Status, Running Awk in parallel, FreeBSD Announces Wayland 1.19.91, and more

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    431: FreeBSD EC2 Agents

    December 2nd, 2021  |  43 mins 57 secs
    agents, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, ec2, freebsd, gnome, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jenkins, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, opnsense, os, packages, ports, release, risc-v architecture, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, webzine, zfs, zpool

    Why use OpenBSD part 2, FreeBSD on the RISC-V Architecture, OpenBSD Webzine Issue 4, Ending up liking GNOME, OPNsense 21.7.5 released, Jenkins with FreeBSD Agents in EC2, and more