Benedict Reuschling
Co-Host of BSD Now
Big Data Cluster Admin, FreeBSD Committer, Co-Host @bsdnow, but most of all: human. Things I see, do, and think about.
Benedict Reuschling has hosted 349 Episodes.
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590: Single, not sorry
December 19th, 2024 | 49 mins 18 secs
awk, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, graphviz, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, markdown, md, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pandoc, pdf, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, w3schools, zfs, zpool
In this episode, Benedict shows some of the tools he loves to use including Markdown (producing PDFs and other docs using Pandoc), AWK, and Graphviz. A lot of tutorials and getting-started links in this practical-oriented episode for you.
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589: The buffering pipe
December 12th, 2024 | 58 mins 28 secs
berkeley, bsd, buffer, buffering, cli, clock, code, crisis, cyrix, dataset, development, disk i/o, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, ghostbsd, guide, hardenedbsd, history, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, omnios server, open source, openbsd, operating system, opnsense, os, packages, pipes, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, stuck, time sync, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, userland, utility, zfs, zpool
Open-Source Software Is in Crisis, A Brief History of Cyrix, Userland Disk I/O, OPNsense 24.7.9 released, GhostBSD 24.10.1 Is Now Available, Why pipes sometimes get "stuck": buffering, Keep your OmniOS server time synced, and more
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588: PGP Alternatives
December 5th, 2024 | 1 hr 4 mins
berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, evaporation, filesystem, foss, foss surplus, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, ibm, iconic consoles, interview, ipv6, jails, mainframe, nat, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pgp alternatives, pnfs, ports, programming, release, shell, software, spell checking, storage, system/360, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, vim, zfs, zpool
Deploying pNFS file sharing with FreeBSD, What To Use Instead of PGP, The slow evaporation of the FOSS surplus, I feel that NAT is inevitable even with IPv6, Spell checking in Vim, Iconic consoles of the IBM System/360 mainframes, 55 years old, and more
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587: New filesystems category
November 28th, 2024 | 50 mins 54 secs
automating, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, compatibility, crypted passwords, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, introduction, jails, misconceptions, netbsd, open source, openbsd, openzfs 2.3, operating system, os, packages, peace of mind, ports, ports category, programming, q3 report, release, shell, snapshot automation, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool
FreeBSD Quarterly Report, Welcome to the new category: filesystems, BSD Misconceptions, Notes on the compatibility of crypted passwords across Unixes in late 2024, Automating ZFS Snapshots for Peace of Mind, A few nice things in OpenZFS 2.3, and more
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586: Cloud Exit Savings
November 21st, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
berkeley, bsd, cli, cloud exit, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, history, howto, inetd, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, savings, shell, show off, software, storage, storage benchmarks, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, vm live migration, zfs, zpool
Our Cloud Exit Savings will not top ten million over five years, 5 Reasons Why Your ZFS Storage Benchmarks Are Wrong, The history of inetd is more interesting than I expected, OpenBSD is Hard to Show Off, bhyve on FreeBSD and VM Live Migration – Quo vadis?, and more
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585: Infrastructure Administration Workstation
November 14th, 2024 | 49 mins 6 secs
admin, administration, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, diff, diff3, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, freebsd at 30, future, guide, hardenedbsd, history, howto, infrastructure, interview, jails, libressl, migration, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, plasma6, ports, programming, proxmox, release, sdiff, shell, software, storage, story, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, workstation, zfs, zpool
From Proxmox to FreeBSD - Story of a Migration, FreeBSD At 30: The History And Future Of The Most Popular BSD-Based OS, Using a dedicated administration workstation for my infrastructure, LibreSSL 4.0.0 Released, Plasma6 and FreeBSD 14, Replace gnu diff, diff3, and sdiff with BSD versions, and more
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584: ZFS Copy Offloading
November 7th, 2024 | 57 mins 56 secs
accelerating, berkeley, best practices, brt, bsd, cis benchmark, cli, code, copy offloading, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, expert-guided, exrc, filesystem, foss, freebsd, graphical desktops, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jailfox, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, read-only device, release, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool
New CIS® FreeBSD 14 Benchmark: Secure Your Systems with Expert-Guided Best Practices, Accelerating ZFS with Copy Offloading: BRT, The uncertain possible futures of Unix graphical desktops, Jailfox - Firefox in a Freebsd Jail, Make Your Own Read-Only Device With NetBSD, ex/vi/nvi editor: .exrc advanced,
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583: A host of self-hosters
October 31st, 2024 | 1 hr 9 mins
berkeley, best practices, bitwarden, bsd, cdn, cli, code, containers, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, maintenance, nas, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, podman, ports, programming, release, self-hosting, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, vaultwarden, zero drive failure, zfs, zpool
Run Linux Containers on FreeBSD 14 with Podman, Open Source FreeBSD NAS: Maintenance Best Practices, Self-hosting Bitwarden / VaultWarden on FreeBSD, I most definitely should (self-host)!, My 71 TiB ZFS NAS After 10 Years and Zero Drive Failures, Make Your Own CDN With OpenBSD Base and Just 2 Packages, and more
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582: Introducing ZBM
October 24th, 2024 | 58 mins 18 secs
berkeley, broader adoption, bsd, cli, code, daily tasks, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, fish shell, font, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, host, howto, interview, jails, laptop support, mgration, netbsd, one-liners, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, strategic move, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, vm, zbm, zero config, zfs, zfsbootmenu, zpool
Why laptop support, why now: FreeBSD’s strategic move toward broader adoption, ZBM 101: Introduction to ZFSBootMenu, How I batch apply and save one-liners, Moving an Entire FreeBSD Installation to a New Host or VM in a Few Easy Steps, How to install "standard" TTF Microsoft fonts, We need more zero config tools, Reasons I still love the fish shell, You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks, and more
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581: Releasing more BSDs
October 17th, 2024 | 53 mins 34 secs
acpiduming, activitypub, berkeley, bsd, chezmoi, cli, code, common myths, dataset, debunking, development, distribution, dotfiles, dragonflybsd, fediverse, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, podman, ports, programming, release, shell, snac2, software, storage, testing, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool
Debunking Common Myths About FreeBSD - Part 2, FreeBSD 13.4-RELEASE Announcement, OpenBSD -current has moved to version 7.6, acpidumping,Install snac2 on FreeBSD – An ActivityPub Instance for the Fediverse, Managing dotfiles with chezmoi, Podman testing on FreeBSD, and more
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578: KVM, but Smol
September 26th, 2024 | 58 mins 9 secs
berkeley, bsd, canonicalization, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dma, domain, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, fun fact, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, kvm, limiting process priority, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, postfix, programming, release, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, unix tool list, utility, voyager, zfs, zpool
Limiting Process Priority in a FreeBSD Jail, Why You Should Use FreeBSD, The web fun fact that domains can end in dots and canonicalization failures, Replacing postfix with dma + auth, modern unix tool list, Smol KVM, The Computers of Voyager
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577: Multi-Threaded LZ4
September 19th, 2024 | 59 mins 35 secs
abstractions, algorithm, berkeley, bridging, bsd, cli, code, compression, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, dying computer museum, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, infrastructure modernization, interview, investment, jails, lz4, multi-threaded, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, routing, shell, software, sovereign tech fund, stf, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, vm-bhyve, zfs, zpool
New Host Introduction 🤭, From Bridging to Routing With FreeBSD, Sovereign Tech Fund to Invest €686,400 in FreeBSD Infrastructure Modernization, The Dying Computer Museum, In practice, abstractions hide their underlying details, LZ4 Compression Algorithm Gets Multi-Threaded Update, Using Windows or Linux on FreeBSD's vm-bhyve, and more