BSD Now

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

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

  • 570: RIP dhclient

    August 1st, 2024  |  58 mins 46 secs

    The FreeBSD-native-ish home lab and network, FreeBSD 14.1: What’s new, and how did we get here?, The Old Computer Challenge v4 (Olympics edition), MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5, Adding a USB Port to the ThinkPad X1 Nano (the Hard Way), Reasons to use your shell's job control, RIP dhclient(8)

  • 569: The ZFS Pi

    July 25th, 2024  |  47 mins 37 secs
    berkeley, bsd, bsdcan 2024, checkpoints, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, enhancing, file disk images, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, ipsec, ipv6, iso, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, plaintext, playlist, ports, practical, programming, raspberry pi, release, routing domains, shell, software, stability, storage, system logs, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, videos, vpn, zfs, zfs root, zpool

    Enhancing FreeBSD Stability With ZFS Pool Checkpoints, Plaintext is not a great format for (system) logs, Initial playlist of 28 BSDCan Videos released, Installing FreeBSD 14 on Raspberry Pi 4B with ZFS root, A practical guide to VPNs, IPv6, routing domains and IPSEC, How to mount ISO or file disk images on OpenBSD, and more

  • 568: regreSSHion

    July 18th, 2024  |  54 mins 10 secs
    9p filesystem, 9pfs, berkeley, bsd, challenge, cli, code, csh, dataset, debugging, default, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, game of trees hub, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, improving, intel wifi, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, package cache, packages, ports, programming, regresshion, release, shell, software, ssh, storage, support, tcsh, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, vulnerability, zero to desktop, zfs, zpool

    regreSSHion vulnerability, Improving and debugging FreeBSDs Intel wifi support, FreeBSD adds an implementation of the 9P filesystem, FreeBSD Zero to Desktop Speedrun Challenge, Why and how to run your own FreeBSD package cache, Game of Trees Hub, Why Does FreeBSD Default to Csh/Tcsh, and more

  • 567: To the Core

    July 11th, 2024  |  41 mins 57 secs
    berkeley, bsd, cli, code, core.13, dataset, development, distribution, dmd, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, gotosocial, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, omnios, open source, openbsd, openindiana, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, qualcomm, release, replacement, shell, snapdragon elite x, software, ssh, storage, sudo, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool

    SSH as a sudo replacement, Core.13 is Now In Office, Running GoToSocial on NetBSD, A DMD package for OpenIndiana, Adding more swap space to Omnios, OpenBSD adds initial support for Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite X after 1 day, and more

  • 566: Open Source Excellence

    July 4th, 2024  |  56 mins 4 secs
    berkeley, bsd, case for the bsds, celebrating, cli, code, concern, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, freebsd day, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, linux vector packet processor, netbsd, open source, open source excellence, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, proxmox, release, rust, shell, snapshots, software, storage, tips and tricks, tools, trueos, tutorial, ufs, unix, upstream, utility, virtualization, zfs, zpool

    A Journey Through 31 Years of Open Source Excellence, Proxmox vs FreeBSD: Which Virtualization Host Performs Better?, Upstreaming FreeBSD Code to the Linux Vector Packet Processor Project, FreeBSD Tips and Tricks: Creating Snapshots With UFS, My Concern With Rust, or a Case for the BSD's, and more

  • 565: Secure by default

    June 27th, 2024  |  51 mins 29 secs
    berkeley, blocking access, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, extreme privacy setup, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, less unix philosophy, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, penalize undesirable behavior, pf, pinebook pro, ports, posix, programming, release, shell, software, storage, systemd, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool

    NetBSD 10 on a Pinebook Pro, OpenBSD extreme privacy setup, Version 256 of systemd boasts '42% less Unix philosophy', Posix.1 2024 is out, Blocking Access From or to Specific Countries Using FreeBSD and Pf, and more.
    Date: 2024.06.17

  • 564: Computation Poems

    June 20th, 2024  |  51 mins 36 secs
    behavior, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, community, computation, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, native read-only root filesystem, netbsd, observium, open source, openbsd, openssh, operating system, os, packages, penalize, poem, ports, programming, release, report, result, shell, software, sshguard-pf, storage, survey, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool

    Results from the 2024 FreeBSD Community Survey Report, What is Computer Science? ~1967, Computation Poems, Old Info, but still good -- HOWTO: Set up and configure security/sshguard-pf, observium-freebsd-install, FreeBSD Tips and Tricks: Native Read-Only Root File System, OpenSSH introduces options to penalize undesirable behavior, and more

  • 563: 14.1

    June 13th, 2024  |  49 mins 5 secs
    14.1, announcement, automatic, berkeley, bsd, chmod, chown, cli, code, dark-mode, dataset, development, dhcp6leased, dhcpv6-pd, distribution, dragonflybsd, dwm, feedback, filesystem, foss, freebsd, gateway, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, opnsense, os, packages, ports, programming, protectli, release, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool

    FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE Announcement, Automatic dark mode with OpenBSD and dwm, dhcp6leased(8) imported to -current, DHCPv6-PD - First steps by florian@, Replacing my OPNsense gateway hardware by a Protectli appliance, How to alter file owernship and permissions with a feedback information, and more

  • 562: All by myself

    June 6th, 2024  |  1 hr 13 mins
    berkeley, bsd, bsdcan, cli, code, coding, dataset, development, devsummit, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, neovim, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, paperless-ngx, ports, programming, release, reminder, schedule, shell, software, storage, syncthing, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool

    My personal BSDCan Devsummit and Schedule, Syncthing, Paperless-ngx, neovim, Things we always remind ourselves while coding, and more.

  • 561: Kicked off ARPANET

    May 30th, 2024  |  1 hr 1 min
    algorithm, alpine, arpanet, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, cpu, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, exist, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, innovate, interview, jails, jerry pournelle, message, nagle, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, thrive, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, usage, utility, zfs, zpool

    Why FreeBSD Continues to Innovate and Thrive, Why BSD, A BSD person tries Alpine Linux, This message does not exist, Demise of Nagle's algorithm, How Jerry Pournelle Got Kicked Off the ARPANET, and more

  • 560: Why not BSD

    May 23rd, 2024  |  1 hr 1 min
    berkeley, bhyve, binaries, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, ident, interview, jails, libressl, lore, netbsd, omnios, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, q1 2024, release, search, searching, shell, software, sshd, status report, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, version control, what, zfs, zpool

    FreeBSD Status Report First Quarter 2024, Why not BSD, LibreSSL version 3.9.2 released, Running NetBSD on OmniOS using bhyve, X.Org on NetBSD, Unix version control lore: what, ident, How I search in 2024, sshd split into multiple binaries, and more

  • 559: Rainy WiFi Days

    May 16th, 2024  |  57 mins 17 secs
    berkeley, booting, brain, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, omnios, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, pxe, rain, release, rng, shell, smolbsd, software, stateless, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, vpn, wayland, wg-quick, wifi, wireguard, zfs, zpool

    An RNG that runs in your brain, Going Stateless, SmolBSD, The Wi-Fi only works when it's raining, Wayland, where are we in 2024?, Omnios pxe booting, OpenBSD scripts to convert wg-quick VPN files, and more