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526: ZFS Replication Tools

September 28th, 2023 | 46 mins 49 secs

50 years ago, berkeley, bsd, cli, dataset, development, distribution, dns, dragonflybsd, eisa, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, isa, jails, learn, learning, netbsd, old computer challenge, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pci, ports, release, replication, shell, software, storage, tools, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vlb, zfs, zpool

Why DNS is still hard to learn, Unix support 50 years ago, ZFS Replication tools, Between ISA and PCI, PCs had EISA and VLB, Old Computer Challenge v3, and more

Do one thing and do it well, Turning a 15 years old laptop into a children proof retrogaming station, Old Computer Challenge v3: day 1, It Takes 6 Days to Change 1 Line of Code, Rejected GitHub Profile Achievements, that old netbsd server, and more

524: Legendary Unix Recovery

September 14th, 2023 | 57 mins 42 secs

berkeley, bsd, cli, commands, data science, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, knowledge, legend, loss, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, outage, packages, ports, post-mortem, preservation, recovery, release, shell, software, storage, tarsnap, thinkpad r31, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

On the Loss and Preservation of Knowledge, Unix Recovery Legend, Useful Unix commands for data science, Tarsnap outage post-mortem, OpenBSD 7.3 on a twenty year old IBM ThinkPad R31, and more

523: Literally Unix

September 7th, 2023 | 40 mins 11 secs

berkeley, bsd, cli, compiler, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, elements, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, illumos, interview, jails, literature, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, opnsense 23.7, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, storage, style, theo de raadt, thinkpad, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, whitespace, wifi, zenbleed, zfs, zpool

The Elements Of Style: UNIX As Literature, The shell and its crappy handling of whitespace, Theo de Raadt on Zenbleed, OPNsense 23.7 released, illumos gets a new C compiler, fixing Thinkpad X1 WIFI on FreeBSD, and more

522: Zenbleed Foot Shooting

August 31st, 2023 | 48 mins 26 secs

13.2, berkeley, bsd, cli, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foot shooting, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, history, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbgpd, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, reasons, release, rhyme, shell, software, storage, top 10, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, upgrade, wayland, zenbleed, zfs, zpool

Top Ten Reasons to Upgrade to FreeBSD 13.2, History never repeats but sometimes it rhymes, Wayland on OpenBSD, OpenBGPD 8.1 released, Shoot yourself in the foot, Zenbleed: aka: The new fun for a while, and more

521: BSD Summer Reading

August 24th, 2023 | 57 mins

article, berkeley, books, bsd, cli, commit, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, git, guide, hardenedbsd, history, howto, interview, jails, kanboard, live, netbsd, open source, openbsd, openbsd amsterdam, operating system, os, packages, ports, quarter 2, recommended reading, release, shell, software, status report, storage, su, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vcs, zfs, zpool

FreeBSD Status Report Q2 2023, Klara Systems Recommended Summer Reads 2023, install Kanboard on OpenBSD howto, A bit of Unix history on 'su -', hints for splitting commits, Live from OpenBSD in Amsterdam, and more

520: 4 months BSD

August 17th, 2023 | 43 mins 26 secs

4 months, address book, ban, banning, bastille, berkeley, blocking, bsd, calendar, cli, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, four, freebsd, geo-block, git, git-page, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, location, location-based, log, log analysis, netbsd, nginx, open source, openbsd, opensmtp, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, restrict, self-hosted, server, shell, software, storage, template, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

4 Months of BSD, Self Hosted Calendar and address Book, Ban scanners IPs from OpenSMTP logs, Self-hosted git page, Bastille template example, Restrict nginx Access by Geographical Location on FreeBSD, and more.

519: Telegram from BSDNow

August 10th, 2023 | 37 mins 25 secs

advantages, bandwidth limit, berkeley, bsd, cli, dataset, desktop audio, development, distribution, dod, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, ksos, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, release schedule, scp, secure, secure copy, server, shell, software, storage, stream, streaming, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

3 Advantages to Running FreeBSD as Your Server OS, FreeBSD 14 Release Schedule, Stream your OpenBSD desktop audio, DOD KSOS Secure UNIX Operating System Manual, How to limit bandwidth usage with SCP transfers, and more.

518: Unix Edition Zero

August 3rd, 2023 | 56 mins 42 secs

-10x engineer, 20 percent, berkeley, bsd, cli, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, edition zero, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, long live, netbooks, netbsd, open source, openbsd, openbsd router, operating system, os, packages, ports, problem-solving, release, server, sg105w, shell, software, storage, time, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, wireguard, zfs, zpool

A Guide to Problem-Solving for Software Developers with Examples, making 20% time work, Long Live Netbooks, OpenBSD Router on Sg105w, Set Up a Simple and Actually Working Wireguard Server, Unix Edition Zero, how to be a -10x engineer, and more

517: Huge pfsync rewrite

July 27th, 2023 | 46 mins 49 secs

27 years, berkeley, bsd, cli, comparison, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, laptop, netbsd, open source, openbsd, opensmtpd, operating system, os, packages, perfect os, pfsync, ports, release, security practices, shell, software, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

Linux and FreeBSD Firewalls Comparison Part 2, 27 Years with the Perfect OS, Top 20 OpenSSH Server Best Security Practices, Huge pfsync rewrite, OpenSMTPD 7.3.0p1 release, Running OpenBSD 7.3 on your laptop is really hard (not), and more

516: Computer Time Origins

July 20th, 2023 | 46 mins 7 secs

berkeley, bsd, cdn, cli, comparison, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, firewalls, freebsd, gitlab, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, malware, netbsd, netflix, nginx, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, php shell, ports, release, shell, software, storage, system clock, time, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, web server, zfs, zpool

Linux and FreeBSD Firewalls Part 1, Why Netflix Chose NGINX as the Heart of Its CDN, Protect your web servers against PHP shells and malwares, Installing and running Gitlab howto, and more

515: ChatGPT writing pf.conf

July 13th, 2023 | 40 mins 15 secs

berkeley, bsd, chatgpt, chromium, cli, computer scientist, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, ghostbsd 23.06.01, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, linux, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, opnsense 23.1.9, os, os wars, packages, packet filter, pf.conf, ports, release, shell, software, storage, story telling, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, visual studio code, vscode, zfs, zpool

FreeBSD or Linux – A Choice Without OS Wars, The Computer Scientist Who Can’t Stop Telling Stories, ChatGPT was asked to write a pf.conf to spec, GhostBSD 23.06.1 is now available, OPNsense 23.1.9 released, Running VSCode in Chromium on OpenBSD, and more

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