Tom Jones
Co-Host of BSD Now
Tom Jones is an Internet Researcher and FreeBSD developer that works on improving the core protocols that drive the Internet. He is a
contributor to open standards in the IETF and is enthusiastic about using FreeBSD as a platform to experiment with new networking ideas as they progress towards standardisation.
Tom Jones has hosted 101 Episodes.
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604: Future looks back
March 27th, 2025 | 49 mins 9 secs
172 unix beta, ai, artificial intelligence, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, cyberpunk, dataset, destroying software, development, disk space, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, future, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, inetd activation, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pool space, ports, programming, release, resurrection, shell, software, storage, storage space, tools, trueos, tutorial, ufs, unix, utility, y2038, year 2106, zfs, zpool
The Future Looking Back At Us: Joanne McNeil on Cyberpunk, Why ZFS reports less available space, We are destroying software, FreeBSD 13.5 Overcomes UFS Y2038 Problem To Push It Out To Year 2106, 1972 UNIX V2 "Beta" Resurrected, Some thoughts on why 'inetd activation' didn't catch on, If you believe in “Artificial Intelligence”, take five minutes to ask it about stuff you know well, and more
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601: The Monospace Web
March 6th, 2025 | 47 mins 56 secs
berkeley, bridge, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, hp 250 g9, interview, jails, kernel message, monospace, netbsd, networking, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pc dead, personal computing, ports, programming, release, securit loophole, shell, software, storage, sysadmins, system administrators, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, web, zfs, zpool
The PC is Dead: It’s Time to Make Computing Personal Again, The Biggest Unix Security Loophole, The monospace Web, What a FreeBSD kernel message about your bridge means, Installing FreeBSD on a HP 250 G9, Networking for System Administrators, and more.
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600: The big 600
February 27th, 2025 | 1 hr 14 mins
asahi linux, audio setup, berkeley, bit-perfect, bsd, cli, code, dataset, developer quit, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, equalizer, filesystem, foss, freebsd, good old times, guide, hardenedbsd, hifi, howto, interview, jails, moderators, netbsd, open source, openbgpd, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, radxa orian, real-time, release, shell, software, storage, support, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool
Lead Asahi Developer stands down, moderators reminiscing about joining the podcast, Support for the Radxa Orian O6 board in OpenBSD, FreeBSD and hi-fi audio setup: bit-perfect, equalizer, real-time, OpenBGPD 8.8 released, and more
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597: OpenBSD FRAME sockets
February 6th, 2025 | 51 mins 2 secs
berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dns cname records, do-not-stab, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, frame sockets, freebsd, generative ai, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, http header flag, interview, jail host, jails, multiple networks, netbsd, omnios solaris zones, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, shell, software, static dual stack network, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool
The Do-Not-Stab flag in the HTTP Header, FreeBSD jail host with multiple local networks, Generative AI is for the idea guys, Static dual stack networking on OmniOS Solaris Zones, FRAME sockets added to OpenBSD, The problem with combining DNS CNAME records and anything else, and more
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596: Globbing /etc
January 30th, 2025 | 51 mins 41 secs
/etc/glob, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, gnat ada compiler, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, indentify, interview, ip addresses, jails, macos/aarch64, netbsd, omnios service parameters, open source, openbgpd, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, resolve, shell, software, storage, storage bottleneck, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool
Ridding my home network of IP addresses, Tools for Identifying and Resolving Storage Bottlenecks, OpenBGPD 8.7 released, Let's port the GNAT Ada compiler to macOS/aarch64, Modify an OmniOS service parameters, The history and use of /etc/glob in early Unixes, and more
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591: The Three Wise Men (hosts)
December 26th, 2024 | 1 hr 11 mins
berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool
In this special episode, we are interviewing ourselves with the questions that out audience asked us many moons ago. Stay tuned for some insights about hobbies, all things computers, projects, and a whole lot more. Have fun and happy holidays!
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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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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