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430: OpenBSD Onwards

November 25th, 2021 | 45 mins 46 secs

2021 q3 status, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, full disk encryption, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, monitoring, netbsd, open source, openbsd, openbsd catchup, operating system, os, packages, pool manipulation, ports, q3 status report, raspberry pi, recovery mode, release, rescue system, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

Manipulate a ZFS pool from Rescue System, FreeBSD 3rd Quarter Report, Monitoring FreeBSD jails form the host, OpenBSD on RPI4 with Full Disk Encryption, Onwards with OpenBSD, and more

FreeBSD Foundation October Fundraising Update, Advanced ZFS Snapshots, Full WireGuard setup with OpenBSD, MidnightBSD a Linux Alternative, FreeBSD Audio, Tuning Power Consumption on FreeBSD Laptops, Thoughts on Spelling Fixes, and more.

428: Cult of BSD

November 11th, 2021 | 54 mins 21 secs

berkeley, bsd, cultbsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, it, measure, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, power, power efficiency, release, scheduler, shell, software, top, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

OpenBSD Part 1: How it all started, Explaining top(1) on FreeBSD, Measuring power efficiency of a CPU frequency scheduler on OpenBSD, CultBSD, a whole lot of BSD bits, and more.

427: Logging is important

November 4th, 2021 | 43 mins 45 secs

authentication, berkeley, bsd, build, dataset, developer, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, log, logging, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, opnsense, os, packages, pfsense, ports, pot, release, setup, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, workstation, zfs, zpool

Build Your FreeBSD Developer Workstation, logging is important, how BSD authentication works, pfSense turns 15 years old, OPNsense Business Edition 21.10 released, getting started with pot, and more

426: OpenBSD 7.0 Hero

October 28th, 2021 | 59 mins 12 secs

berkeley, boost, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, performance, ports, release, shell, slog, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, uvm, uvm faults, wayland, zfs, zpool

A Good Time to Use OpenZFS Slog, OpenBSD 7.0 is out, OpenBSD and Wayland, UVM faults yield significant performance boost, and more.

425: Releases galore

October 21st, 2021 | 41 mins 57 secs

berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, ghostbsd, guide, hardenedbsd, hello system, howto, interview, libressl, lumina, midnightbsd, netbsd, open source, openbgpd, openbsd, opensense, operating system, os, packages, patches, ports, release, riscv, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vortex86dx, zfs, zpool

The New Architecture on the Block, OpenBSD on Vortex86DX CPU, lots of new releases, and more.

424: Unveiling OpenBSD’s pledge

October 14th, 2021 | 49 mins 41 secs

berkeley, bsd, comparing, comparison, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, encryption, freebsd, full disk encryption, geli, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, j language, language port, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pledge, porting, ports, python, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, unveil, zfs, zpool

J language working on OpenBSD, Comparing FreeBSD GELI and OpenZFS encrypted pools, What is FreeBSD, actually?, OpenBSD's pledge and unveil from Python, and more.

423: RACK the Stack

October 7th, 2021 | 51 mins 30 secs

400 gb/s, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, eurobsdcon, freebsd, freenas, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, netflix, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pgupdate, plasma, ports, presentation, rack, release, screen lock, script, shell, software, stack, system monitor, tcp, trident, truenas, trueos, tutorial, unix, update, xidle, xlock, zfs, zpool

FreeBSD serves Netflix Video at 400Gb/s, Using the RACK TCP stack, an OpenBSD script to update packages fast, Plasma System Monitor and FreeBSD, TrueNAS vs FreeNAS (and why you should upgrade!), auto lock screen on OpenBSD using xidle and xlock, and more

422: The Brian Callahan Interview

September 30th, 2021 | 49 mins 59 secs

berkeley, bsd, bsd user group, callahan, dataset, distribution, diversity, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, language porting, netbsd, new york, nycbug, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, recruiting, release, research, shell, software, teaching, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

We interview Dr. Brian Callahan about his language porting work for OpenBSD, teaching with BSDs and recruiting students into projects, research, and his work at NYC*BUG in this week’s episode of BSDnow.

421: ZFS eats CPU

September 23rd, 2021 | 50 mins 42 secs

berkeley, bsd, cpu usage, cpu use, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, emulator, freebsd, gnu, google summer of code, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, portability, ports, release, shell, software, students, traceroute, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, unix history, useless, venix, vm86, zfs, zpool

Useless use of GNU, Meet the 2021 FreeBSD GSoC Students, historical note on Unix portability, vm86-based venix emulator, ZFS Mysteriously Eating CPU, traceroute gets speed boost, and more

420: OpenBSD makes life better

September 16th, 2021 | 49 mins 18 secs

apple m1, arm64, bandwidth management, berkeley, bsd, changes, dataset, desktop, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, ghostbsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, improvements, internet, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pool layout, ports, release, router, router project, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, wifi, wireless, zfs, zpool

Choosing The Right ZFS Pool Layout, changes in OpenBSD that make life better, GhostBSD 21.09.06 ISO's now available, Fair Internet bandwidth management with OpenBSD, NetBSD wifi router project update, NetBSD on the Apple M1, HardenedBSD August Status Report, FreeBSD Journal on Wireless and Desktop, and more.

419: Rethinking OS installs

September 9th, 2021 | 51 mins 39 secs

alpha cpu, berkeley, bsd, dataset, dec, distribution, done differently, dragonflybsd, freebsd, ghostbsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, irix, learning, llvm, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, os install, packages, port, ports, qemu, rc.d, release, rethink, retrospect, review, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, x11, zfs, zpool

Reviewing a first OpenBSD port, NetBSD 9.2 on a DEC Alpha CPU in QEMU with X11, FreeBSD Experiment Rethinks the OS Install, GhostBSD switching to FreeBSD rc.d, Irix gets LLVM, and more.

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