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 95 Episodes.
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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
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525: Old NetBSD Server
September 21st, 2023 | 44 mins 19 secs
1 line, 15 years old, 6 days, berkeley, bsd, change, children proof, cli, coding, dataset, development, distribution, do it well, do one thing, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, github, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, old computer challenge, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, profile achievements, rejected, release, retro, retrogaming, shell, software, station, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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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512: BSDNow Live! 9 bits of BSDNow - Just speak into the goat
June 22nd, 2023 | 40 mins 35 secs
berkeley, bsd, cli, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
Recorded at BSDCan 2023
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511: Against Innovation
June 15th, 2023 | 50 mins 54 secs
berkeley, bookmarks, bsd, cli, clusters, dataset, dav, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, high performance computing, howto, hpc, httpd, innovation, interview, jails, laptop, mips, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, plex, ports, proxmox, release, root, self-hosted, shell, software, storage, sun ray, terraform, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, wol, zfs, zpool
Sun Ray laptops, MIPS and getting root on them, OpenZFS for HPC Clusters, Self-Hosted Bookmarks using DAV and httpd on OpenBSD, Terraform + Proxmox + OpenBSD = <3, WOL Plex Server, Against innovation, and more
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510: The BSD Slabtop
June 8th, 2023 | 46 mins 40 secs
asiabsdcon, audio, berkeley, bsd, cli, dataset, desktop, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, gnome, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, slabtop, software, storage, stream, thinkpad, trident, trip report, trueos, ttyload, tutorial, unix, x201, zfs, zpool
AsiaBSDCon 2023 Trip Report, Converting My X201 ThinkPad into a Slabtop, Stream your OpenBSD desktop audio to other devices, The Gnome and Its "Secret Place", ttyload, and more
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507: Michael W. Lucas Interview
May 18th, 2023 | 58 mins 41 secs
author, berkeley, book, bsd, chatgpt, cli, conferences, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, events, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, mail server, michael w. lucas, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, writing, zfs, zpool
Author Michael W. Lucas joins us in this interview to talk about his latest book projects. Find out what he’s up to regarding mail servers, conferences, his views on ChatGPT, and more.