BSD Now

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

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

  • 286: Old Machine Revival

    February 21st, 2019  |  1 hr 18 mins
    bsd, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, openbsd, trident, trueos, tutorial

    Adding glue to a desktop environment, flashing the BIOS on a PC Engine, revive a Cisco IDS into a capable OpenBSD computer, An OpenBSD WindowMaker desktop, RealTime data compression, the love for pipes, and more.

  • 285: BSD Strategy

    February 14th, 2019  |  1 hr 9 mins
    bsd, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, openbsd, trident, trueos, tutorial

    Strategic thinking to keep FreeBSD relevant, reflecting on the soul of a new machine, 10GbE Benchmarks On Nine Linux Distros and FreeBSD, NetBSD integrating LLVM sanitizers in base, FreeNAS 11.2 distrowatch review, and more.

  • 284: FOSDEM 2019

    February 7th, 2019  |  59 mins 26 secs
    bsd, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, openbsd, trident, trueos, tutorial

    We recap FOSDEM 2019, FreeBSD Foundation January update, OPNsense 19.1 released, the hardware-assisted virtualization challenge, ZFS and GPL terror, ClonOS 19.01-RELEASE, and more.

  • 283: Graphical Interface-View

    January 31st, 2019  |  46 mins 44 secs
    bsd, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, openbsd, trident, trueos, tutorial

    We’re at FOSDEM 2019 this week having fun. We’d never leave you in a lurch, so we have recorded an interview with Niclas Zeising of the FreeBSD graphics team for you. Enjoy.

  • 282: Open the Rsync

    January 24th, 2019  |  1 hr 1 min
    bsd, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, kde, netbsd, openbsd, openrsync, opnsense, spotifyd, trident, trueos, tutorial

    Project Trident 18.12 released, Spotifyd on NetBSD, OPNsense 18.7.10 is available, Ultra EPYC AMD Powered Sun Ultra 24 Workstation, OpenRsync, LLD porting to NetBSD, and more.

  • 281: EPYC Server Battle

    January 17th, 2019  |  1 hr 23 mins
    at&t unix, bsd, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, ipv4, national inventors hall of fame, netbsd, openbsd, pid rollover, qemu, scp, trident, trueos, tutorial, vulnerabilities, y2038 bug

    SCP client vulnerabilities, BSDs vs Linux benchmarks on a Tyan EPYC Server, fame for the Unix inventors, Die IPv4, GhostBSD 18.12 released, Unix in pictures, and more.

  • Episode 280: FOSS Clothing | BSD Now 280

    January 10th, 2019  |  52 mins 23 secs
    bsd, ccc, danger, dragonflybsd, eula, freebsd, github, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, llvm, microsoft, netbsd, nsa, openbsd, sidekick, ssh, trident, trueos, tutorial, xscreensaver

    A EULA in FOSS clothing, NetBSD with more LLVM support, Thoughts on FreeBSD 12.0, FreeBSD Performance against Windows and Linux on Xeon, Microsoft shipping NetBSD, and more.

  • Episode 279: Future of ZFS | BSD Now 279

    January 3rd, 2019  |  1 hr 33 mins
    bryan cantrill, bsd, dragonflybsd, ec2, freebsd, gog, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, kde, netbsd, openbsd, raven, ravenports, rop gadgets, trident, trueos, tutorial

    The future of ZFS in FreeBSD, we pick highlights from the FreeBSD quarterly status report, flying with the raven, modern KDE on FreeBSD, many ways to launch FreeBSD in EC2, GOG installers on NetBSD, and more.

  • Episode 278: The Real McCoy | BSD Now 278

    December 27th, 2018  |  49 mins 39 secs
    bsd, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, openbsd, trident, trueos, tutorial

    We sat down at BSDCan 2018 to interview Kirk McKusick about various topics ranging about the early years of Berkeley Unix, his continuing work on UFS, the governance of FreeBSD, and more.

  • Episode 277: Nmap Level Up | BSD Now 277

    December 24th, 2018  |  1 hr 16 mins
    bsd, certbot, donald knuth, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, letsencrypt, libressl, netbsd, nmap, openbsd, patent, trident, trueos, tutorial, yggdrasil

    The Open Source midlife crisis, Donald Knuth The Yoda of Silicon Valley, Certbot For OpenBSD's httpd, how to upgrade FreeBSD from 11 to 12, level up your nmap game, NetBSD desktop, and more.

  • Episode 276: Ho, Ho, Ho - 12.0 | BSD Now 276

    December 13th, 2018  |  1 hr 10 mins
    bsd, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, illumos, interview, ipsec, kleak, netbsd, openbgpd, openbsd, synth, trident, trueos, tutorial, vpn

    FreeBSD 12.0 is finally here, partly-cloudy IPsec VPN, KLEAK with NetBSD, How to create synth repos, GhostBSD author interview, and more.

  • Episode 275: OpenBSD in Stereo | BSD Now 275

    December 9th, 2018  |  1 hr 24 mins
    bsd, capsicum, dragonflybsd, freebsd, gopher, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, linux vfio, netbsd, openbgpd, openbsd, pinebook, trident, trueos, tutorial

    DragonflyBSD 5.4 has been released, down the Gopher hole with OpenBSD, OpenBSD in stereo with VFIO, BSD/OS the best candidate for legally tested open source Unix, OpenBGPD adds diversity to the routing server landscape, and more.