Episode Archive
359 episodes of BSD Now since the first episode, which aired on September 4th, 2013.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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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418: The greatest time in history to be a creator
September 2nd, 2021 | 52 mins 25 secs
berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, michael w. lucas, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
In this episode, we interview Michael W. Lucas about his latest book projects including Git sync murder, TLS Mastery, getting paid for creative work, writing tools and techniques, and more.
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417: bhyve private cloud
August 26th, 2021 | 57 mins 18 secs
berkeley, bhyve, bsd, dataset, disk, distribution, dragonflybsd, encryption, expansion, fileserver, foundation, framework laptop, freebsd, geli, guide, hardenedbsd, home, howto, interview, mybee, netbsd, objectives, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, portable, ports, private cloud, release, rpo, rto, second quarter report, shell, software, tor setup, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
Achieving RPO/RTO Objectives with ZFS pt 1, FreeBSD Foundation Q2 report, OpenBSD full Tor setup, MyBee - bhyve as private cloud, FreeBSD home fileserver expansion, OpenBSD on Framework Laptop, portable GELI, and more.