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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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
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450: Unix Tool Writing
April 14th, 2022 | 58 mins 53 secs
berkeley, best practices, bsd, coding, cron, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, errors, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, libressl, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, shell, software, taskwarrior, tool writing, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, unix philosophy, zfs, zpool
The ideas that made Unix, hints for writing Unix tools, cron best practices, three different sorts of filesystem errors, LibreSSL 3.5.1 released, taskwarrior to manage tasks, and more.
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448: Controlling Resource Limits
March 31st, 2022 | 45 mins 22 secs
berkeley, bsd, cpu frequency scheduling, dataset, distribution, dns, dragonflybsd, freebsd, gsoc, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, rctl, release, resource limits, rsync, shell, software, summer of code, technical notes, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, userland, zfs, zpool
Controlling Resource Limits with rctl in FreeBSD, It’s always DNS, Google Summer of Code in BSD Projects, Rsync Technical Notes - Q4 2021, Userland CPU frequency scheduling for OpenBSD, and more.
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447: Path to BSD
March 24th, 2022 | 53 mins 54 secs
berkeley, bsd, burpsuite, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, foundation, freebsd, futjitsu, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, linuxulator, mainframe, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, project proposal, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, unix service, webzine, zfs, zpool
FreeBSD Foundation Proposals, UNIX: On the Path to BSD, Fujitsu ends its mainframe and Unix services, Install burpsuite on FreeBSD using Linuxulator, new OpenBSD Webzine is out, and more.
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446: Debugging ioctl problems
March 17th, 2022 | 48 mins 24 secs
badger book, berkeley, boot process, bsd, dataset, debug, debugging, distribution, dnssec book, dragonflybsd, freebsd, game pc, game setup, gaming, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, ioctl, michael w. lucas, mwlauthor, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, sparcbook, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
Restoring a Tadpole SPARCbook 3, The FreeBSD Boot Process, Debugging an ioctl Problem on OpenBSD, Why my game PC runs FreeBSD and Kubuntu, DNSSEC, Badgers, and Orcs, Oh My, and more.
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443: Certified Unix Compliant
February 24th, 2022 | 46 mins 29 secs
berkeley, bsd, cd-rw, certification, compliance, dataset, disney, distribution, dragonflybsd, file hash, foundation impact report, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, netflix, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, process substitution, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, unix compliant, widevine, zfs, zpool
Certifying an OS Unix compliant, 2021 FreeBSD Foundation Impact Report, Netflix, Disney, and other widevine content on FreeBSD, file hashes updated for NetBSD 8.1, Playing with CD-RWs on FreeBSD, Why "process substitution" is a late feature in Unix shells, and more.
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442: Birthing Unix
February 17th, 2022 | 46 mins 19 secs
beginnings, berkeley, birth, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, help request, howto, interview, lumina, netbsd, observant owl, open source, openbsd, operating system, opnsense, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, status report, t460s, thinkpad, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
The Birth of Unix, Help request for three big Lumina items, FreeBSD 13 on Thinkpad T460s, HardenedBSD January 2022 Status Report, OPNsense 22.1 "Observant Owl" released, and more.
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439: Browser Tab Unix
January 27th, 2022 | 39 mins 28 secs
acm, berkeley, browser tab, bsd, community, dataset, discord, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, omni os ce, open source, openbsd, openindiana hipster, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
ACM: It takes a community, Don’t use discord for OSS projects, Unix in a browser tab, OpenIndiana Hipster 2021.10 available, Omni OS CE v11 is out, and more.