BSD Now

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

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

  • 415: Wrong OS Switch

    August 12th, 2021  |  54 mins 17 secs
    berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, freedom, ghostbsd, git sync murder, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, i2p, init system, interview, mistakes, net/1, net/2, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, permissions, ports, release, riscv64, server os, shell, software, switch, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
  • 414: Running online conferences

    August 5th, 2021  |  1 hr 3 mins
    berkeley, bsd, conference, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, fanless, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, ipfs, netbsd, online, open source, openbsd, openzfs, operating system, os, packages, performance, ports, release, shell, software, system controls, tcp, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    OpenZFS 2.1 is out, FreeBSD TCP Performance System Controls, IPFS OpenBSD, tips for running an online conference, fanless OpenBSD laptop, and more.

  • 413: BSD/Linux Chimera

    July 29th, 2021  |  46 mins 21 secs
    advancebsd, berkeley, bsd, chimera linux, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, eurobsdcon 2021, fpga, freebsd, gcc gnat, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pkgsrc, ports, programming, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, user perspective, zfs, zpool

    Updating GCC GNAT (Ada) in pkgsrc/NetBSD, AdvanceBSD thoughts 2/2, FreeBSD from a NetBSD user’s perspective, FPGA programming and DragonFly, Chimera Linux, EuroBSDcon 2021, and more.

  • 412: Command-line secrets

    July 22nd, 2021  |  50 mins 46 secs
    advancebsd, berkeley, bsd, command line, dataset, desktop environment, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, lumina desktop, maintainership, netbsd, observability, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, performance, ports, release, secrets, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    FreeBSD Performance Observability, Advance!BSD thoughts 1/2, Lumina Desktop Maintainership Change, How to Handle Secrets on the Command Line, Like NetBSD DragonFlyBSD Now Has "COVID", and more.

  • 411: FreeBSD Deep Dive

    July 15th, 2021  |  46 mins 21 secs
    airport code, berkeley, bsd, chdir, chose name, dataset, deep dive, developers, distribution, dragonflybsd, evolution, freebsd, freebsd boxbuilder, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, iata, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, opnsense, os, packages, ports, posix_spawn, release, shell, software, strengths, system, system architecture, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    Unix System Architecture Evolution, Deep Dive into FreeBSD’s Strengths, how developers chose names, OPNsense 21.1.7 released, Support for chdir(2) in posix_spawn(3), vagrant-freebsd-boxbuilder, OpenBSD’s IATA airport code file, and more

  • 410: OpenBSD Consumer Gateway

    July 8th, 2021  |  41 mins 54 secs
    berkeley, blog, blogging, bsd, bubble, building images, consumer, consumer gateway, custom image, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, gateway launch, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, minecraft, mkjail, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, performance, ports, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, upgrading, zfs, zpool

    Open Source and Blogging Bubbles, Building Customized FreeBSD Images, Updating Minecraft in FreeBSD, Upgrading FreeBSD jails using mkjail, Dragonfly 6.0 Performance benchmark, OpenBSD Consumer Gateway Launch, and more.

  • 409: The Filesystem Dungeon

    July 1st, 2021  |  52 mins 3 secs
    berkeley, bsd, cpu time, dataset, distribution, diving, dragonflybsd, dtrace, dungeon, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, network probes, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, shell programming, software, toolchain, top, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vortex86dx, zfs, zpool

    DTrace network probes, next 50 years of shell programming, NetBSD on the Vortex86DX CPU, system CPU time in top, your filesystem as a dungeon, diving into toolchains, and more

  • 408: FreeBSD DevSummit 2021

    June 24th, 2021  |  57 mins 49 secs
    berkeley, bsd, dataset, devsummit, distribution, dragonflybsd, encryption, freebsd, gearbsd, guide, hardenedbsd, hellosystem, howto, interview, let’s encrypt, let’s note, netbsd, open source, openbgpd, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, panasonic, ports, release, report, shell, software, ssl, tls, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    Report from virtual FreeBSD DevSummit 2021, another promising release by FreeBSD Based helloSystem, GearBSD, OpenBGPD release, Let’s Encrypt on OpenBSD, FreeBSD 13 on the Panasonic Let’s Note, and more

  • 407: The jail Detail

    June 17th, 2021  |  45 mins 29 secs
    berkeley, bsd, dataset, digitalocean, distribution, dragonflybsd, firefox, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jail, kde plasma, netbsd, nomadbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pf, pkgsrc, ports, privacy, release, root, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, wayland, zfs, zpool

    Confining the omnipotent root, Jails with ZFS and PF on DigitalOcean, NomadBSD 130R is out, KDE Plasma Wayland on FreeBSD, Firefox under FreeBSD with Privacy, Using NetBSD’s pkgsrc everywhere, and more.

  • 406: Jailed Gemini Capsule

    June 10th, 2021  |  54 mins 1 sec
    awk, berkeley, bhyve, bsd, cgi, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, experimental package, freebsd, gemini capsule, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, httpd, interview, jail, michael lucas, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pfsense, ports, release, shell, software, status report, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vm, wireguard, zfs, zpool

    Gemini Capsule in a FreeBSD Jail, FreeBSD Quarterly status report 2021Q1, NetBSD VM on bhyve (on TrueNAS), Interview with Michael Lucas, WireGuard Returns as Experimental Package in pfSense, CGI with Awk on OpenBSD httpd, and more.

  • 405: OOM Killer Feature

    June 3rd, 2021  |  57 mins 9 secs
    automation, berkeley, boot environment, bsd, commit message, customizing, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, emacs, freebsd, git, guide, hardenedbsd, home network, howto, interview, netbsd, network automation, oom, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, out of memory, packages, ports, postgres, postgresql, prometheus, quit, quitting, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    NetBSD 9.2 released, DragonFly 6.0 is out, Home Network Monitoring using Prometheus, Preventing FreeBSD to kill PostgreSQL, Customizing Emacs for Git Commit Messages, Deleting old FreeBSD boot environments, Always be quitting, and more

  • 404: 404 BSD Now Hosts Not Found

    May 27th, 2021  |  49 mins 39 secs
    berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    Allan, Benedict and Tom are MIA, so JT fills in with two friends.