BSD Now

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

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

  • 210: Your questions, part I

    September 6th, 2017  |  1 hr 57 mins
    ..., bsd, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, howto, interview, netbsd, openbsd, trueos, tutorial

    In this episode, we take a look at the reimplementation of NetBSD using a Microkernel, check out what makes DHCP faster, and see what high-process count support for DragonflyBSD has to offer, and we answer the questions you’ve always wanted to ask us.

  • 209: Signals: gotta catch ‘em all

    August 30th, 2017  |  1 hr 32 mins
    ..., bsd, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, howto, interview, netbsd, openbsd, trueos, tutorial

    We read a trip report about FreeBSD in China, look at how Unix deals with Signals, a stats collector in DragonFlyBSD & much more!

  • 208: Faces of Open Source

    August 23rd, 2017  |  1 hr 24 mins
    ..., bsd, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, howto, interview, netbsd, openbsd, trueos, tutorial

    DragonflyBSD 4.8.1 has been released, we explore how the X11 clipboard works, and look at OpenBSD gaming resources.

  • 207: Bridge over the river Cam

    August 16th, 2017  |  1 hr 43 mins
    ..., bsd, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, howto, interview, netbsd, openbsd, trueos, tutorial

    We recap our devsummit experiences at BSDCambridge, share why memcmp is more complicated than expected, explore Docker on FreeBSD, and we look at a retro terminal.

  • 206: To hier is UNIX

    August 9th, 2017  |  1 hr 30 mins
    ..., bsd, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, howto, interview, netbsd, openbsd, trueos, tutorial

    Lumina Desktop 1.3 is out, we show you a Plasma 5 on FreeBSD tutorial, explore randomness, and more.

  • 205: FreeBSD Turning it up to 11.1

    August 2nd, 2017  |  1 hr 13 mins
    ..., bsd, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, howto, interview, netbsd, openbsd, trueos, tutorial

    FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE is out, we look at building at BSD home router, how to be your own OpenBSD VPN provider, and find that glob matching can be simple and fast.

  • 204: WWF - Wayland, Weston, and FreeBSD

    July 26th, 2017  |  1 hr 21 mins
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    In this episode, we clear up the myth about scrub of death, look at Wayland and Weston on FreeBSD, Intel QuickAssist is here, and we check out OpenSMTP on OpenBSD.

  • 203: For the love of ZFS

    July 19th, 2017  |  1 hr 57 mins
    ..., bsd, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, howto, interview, netbsd, openbsd, trueos, tutorial

    This week on BSD Now, we clear up some ZFS FUD, show you how to write a NetBSD kernel module, and cover DragonflyBSD on the desktop.

  • 202: Brokering Bind

    July 12th, 2017  |  1 hr 16 mins
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    We look at an OpenBSD setup on a new laptop, revel in BSDCan trip reports, and visit daemons and friendly ninjas.

  • 201: Skip grep, use awk

    July 5th, 2017  |  2 hrs 23 mins
    ..., bsd, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, howto, interview, netbsd, openbsd, trueos, tutorial

    In which we interview a unicorn, FreeNAS 11.0 is out, show you how to run Nextcloud in a FreeBSD jail, and talk about the connection between oil changes and software patches.

  • 200: Getting Scrubbed to Death

    June 28th, 2017  |  1 hr 34 mins
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    The NetBSD 8.0 release process is underway, we try to measure the weight of an electron, and look at stack clashing.

  • 199: Read the source, KARL

    June 21st, 2017  |  1 hr 22 mins
    ..., bsd, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, howto, interview, netbsd, openbsd, trueos, tutorial

    FreeBSD 11.1-Beta1 is out, we discuss Kernel address randomized link (KARL), and explore the benefits of daily OpenBSD source code reading