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 102 Episodes.
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474: EuroBSDcon 2022
September 29th, 2022 | 46 mins 13 secs
antispam, berkeley, book, bsd, conference, dataset, deploying, deployment, distribution, dragonflybsd, eurobsdcon, filesystem, freebsd, friends, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, immutable userland mappings, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbgpd, openbsd, openbsd mastery, openssh, operating system, oracle cloud, os, packages, portable, ports, release, shell, software, spam, spammer, ssh-signed commits, tale, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
Deploying FreeBSD on Oracle Cloud, A Tale of 300,000 Imaginary Friends, EuroBSDcon 2022 recap, OpenBSD Mastery: Filesystems” Status Report, OpenBGPD 7.6 Released, immutable userland mappings, Portable OpenSSH commits now SSH-signed, and more.
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471: De-Penguinization
September 8th, 2022 | 49 mins 8 secs
berkeley, bsd, configuration, configuring, dataset, de-penguin, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hackathon, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, openiked, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, rk2k22, rpki-client, shell, software, ten things, to do, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, users, zfs, zpool
Ten Things To Do After Installing FreeBSD, BSD for Linux users, r2k22 Hackathon Report on rpki-client, Configuring OpenIKED, De-Penguin Me, and more
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470: 0mp interview
September 1st, 2022 | 52 mins 38 secs
berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
In this special episode, we are interviewing Mateusz Piotrowski about his various roles in the FreeBSD project, his ports work, and a few other interesting things he’s involved with. Enjoy this interview episode, we’ll be back with a regular episode next week.
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467: Minecraft on NetBSD
August 11th, 2022 | 48 mins 30 secs
berkeley, bsd, cubieboard1, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, httpd, interview, jails, minecraft, netbsd, open source, openbgpd, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, relayd, release, self-hosting, shell, shell history, software, static website, static-site, story, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, unix command, yes, zfs, zpool
Installing BSDs on Cubieboard1, Self-hosting a static site with OpenBSD, httpd, and relayd, NetBSD can also run a Minecraft server, A Little Story About the
yesUnix Command, Shell History: Unix, OpenBGPD 7.5 released, and more -
466: cat(1)’s efficiency
August 4th, 2022 | 53 mins 39 secs
aws ec2, bastille, berkeley, bsd, cat, contributing, contribution, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, efficiency, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, internet of old things, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, software development, speed boost, tls 1.3, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vnet, zfs, zpool
Contributing to Open Source Beyond Software Development, bringing TLS 1.3 to the Internet of Old Things, How efficient can cat(1) be, boost the speed of Unix shell programs, Running FreeBSD VNET Jails on AWS EC2 with Bastille, and more
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463: The 1.0 Legend
July 14th, 2022 | 55 mins 11 secs
1993, audio, base vs. ports, berkeley, bhyve, bsd, compiler, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hacker news, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, legend, llvm, netbsd, netgraph, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, trident, truenas 13, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
Differences between base and ports LLVM in OpenBSD, Netgraph for FreeBSD’s bhyve Networking, Audio on FreeBSD – Quick Guide, FreeBSD’s Legend starts at 1.0, Hacker News running by FreeBSD, TrueNAS 13, and more
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462: OpenBSD Sales Pitch
July 7th, 2022 | 53 mins 49 secs
autoconf, berkeley, bsd, cache, caching, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jailed application, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, rc.d, release, sales, salesperson, selling, shell, software, speed, speedup, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, yubikey, zfs, zpool
The Design and Implementation of the NetBSD rc.d system, selling OpenBSD as a salesperson, Speeding up autoconf with caching, Allowing non-root execution of a jailed application, Configure login(1) and sshd(8) for YubiKey on OpenBSD, and more.
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459: NetBSD Kernel benchmark
June 16th, 2022 | 54 mins 5 secs
backup, backups, benchmark, berkeley, bsd, compiler benchmark, compiling, dataset, diagnostics, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, graviton 3, guide, hardenedbsd, hardware detection, howto, interview, jails, kernel compile, netbsd, network management, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, packet filter, pf, ports, production use, release, shell, software, time machine, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
Evaluating FreeBSD CURRENT for Production Use, Time Machine-like Backups on OpenBSD, FreeBSD on the Graviton 3, Compiling the NetBSD kernel as a benchmark, Network Management with the OpenBSD Packet Filter Toolset from BSDCan 2022, Hardware Detection & Diagnostics for New FreeBSD Users, and more
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458: Traceroute interpretation
June 9th, 2022 | 48 mins 41 secs
account, account locking, berkeley, bsd, cautionary tale, cloud, ctwm, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, fundamentals, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, locking, moreutils, mtr, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, overgrowth, packages, password groping, ports, protection, public cloud, release, shell, software, spamtraps, spamware, spf, spleen, traceroute, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, user account, zfs, zpool
Fundamentals of the FreeBSD Shell, Spammers in the Public Cloud, locking user accounts properly, overgrowth on NetBSD, moreutils, ctwm & spleen, interpreting a traceroute, and more
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455: Ken Thompson Singularity
May 19th, 2022 | 45 mins 21 secs
berkeley, bsd, dataset, debugger, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, game, game development, gaming, godot, guide, hardenedbsd, hare compiler, howto, interview, jails, lldb, multiprocess support, netbsd, nuclear apocalypse, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, thinkpad t460s, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
OpenBSD is the Perfect OS post Nuclear Apocalypse, Multiprocess support for LLDB, porting the new Hare compiler to OpenBSD, Writing my first OpenBSD game using Godot, FreeBSD 13 on Thinkpad T460s, and more.
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454: Compiling 50% faster
May 12th, 2022 | 48 mins 50 secs
berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, faster compile, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, kernel compiling, nas, nas building, netbsd, network attached storage, open source, openbsd, openbsd 7.1, operating system, os, packages, ports, quick compile, randot, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, v openbsd, years of service, zfs, zpool
OpenBSD 7.1 is out, Building Your Own FreeBSD-based NAS with ZFS Part 2, Let's try V on OpenBSD, Waiting for Randot, Compiling an OpenBSD kernel 50% faster, A Salute for 10+ years of service, and more
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451: Tuning ZFS recordsize
April 21st, 2022 | 1 hr 45 secs
backups, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, dump, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, intel, interview, laptop, mount, mounted, mounting, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, optimizing, os, packages, ports, power consumption, recordsize, release, shell, software, tcpdump, trident, trueos, tuning, tutorial, unix, wireless bridge, zfs, zpool
Full system backups with FFS snapshots, ZFS and dump(8), tuning recordsize in OpenZFS, Optimizing FreeBSD Power Consumption on Modern Intel Laptops, remember to check for ZFS filesystems being mounted, Use tcpdump to save wireless bridge, and more