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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426: OpenBSD 7.0 Hero
October 28th, 2021 | 59 mins 12 secs
berkeley, boost, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, performance, ports, release, shell, slog, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, uvm, uvm faults, wayland, zfs, zpool
A Good Time to Use OpenZFS Slog, OpenBSD 7.0 is out, OpenBSD and Wayland, UVM faults yield significant performance boost, and more.
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423: RACK the Stack
October 7th, 2021 | 51 mins 30 secs
400 gb/s, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, eurobsdcon, freebsd, freenas, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, netflix, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pgupdate, plasma, ports, presentation, rack, release, screen lock, script, shell, software, stack, system monitor, tcp, trident, truenas, trueos, tutorial, unix, update, xidle, xlock, zfs, zpool
FreeBSD serves Netflix Video at 400Gb/s, Using the RACK TCP stack, an OpenBSD script to update packages fast, Plasma System Monitor and FreeBSD, TrueNAS vs FreeNAS (and why you should upgrade!), auto lock screen on OpenBSD using xidle and xlock, and more
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422: The Brian Callahan Interview
September 30th, 2021 | 49 mins 59 secs
berkeley, bsd, bsd user group, callahan, dataset, distribution, diversity, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, language porting, netbsd, new york, nycbug, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, recruiting, release, research, shell, software, teaching, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
We interview Dr. Brian Callahan about his language porting work for OpenBSD, teaching with BSDs and recruiting students into projects, research, and his work at NYC*BUG in this week’s episode of BSDnow.
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419: Rethinking OS installs
September 9th, 2021 | 51 mins 39 secs
alpha cpu, berkeley, bsd, dataset, dec, distribution, done differently, dragonflybsd, freebsd, ghostbsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, irix, learning, llvm, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, os install, packages, port, ports, qemu, rc.d, release, rethink, retrospect, review, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, x11, zfs, zpool
Reviewing a first OpenBSD port, NetBSD 9.2 on a DEC Alpha CPU in QEMU with X11, FreeBSD Experiment Rethinks the OS Install, GhostBSD switching to FreeBSD rc.d, Irix gets LLVM, and more.
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418: The greatest time in history to be a creator
September 2nd, 2021 | 52 mins 25 secs
berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, michael w. lucas, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
In this episode, we interview Michael W. Lucas about his latest book projects including Git sync murder, TLS Mastery, getting paid for creative work, writing tools and techniques, and more.
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416: netcat printing
August 19th, 2021 | 53 mins 14 secs
bastille, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, netcat, open source, openbsd, opensuse, operating system, opnsense, os, packages, pfsense, pfsense plus, ports, printing, release, shell, snapshots, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
OpenZFS snapshots, OpenSUSE on Bastille, printing with netcat, new opnsense 21.1.8 released, new pfsense plus software available, and more.
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415: Wrong OS Switch
August 12th, 2021 | 54 mins 17 secs
berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, freedom, ghostbsd, git sync murder, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, i2p, init system, interview, mistakes, net/1, net/2, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, permissions, ports, release, riscv64, server os, shell, software, switch, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
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414: Running online conferences
August 5th, 2021 | 1 hr 3 mins
berkeley, bsd, conference, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, fanless, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, ipfs, netbsd, online, open source, openbsd, openzfs, operating system, os, packages, performance, ports, release, shell, software, system controls, tcp, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
OpenZFS 2.1 is out, FreeBSD TCP Performance System Controls, IPFS OpenBSD, tips for running an online conference, fanless OpenBSD laptop, and more.
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411: FreeBSD Deep Dive
July 15th, 2021 | 46 mins 21 secs
airport code, berkeley, bsd, chdir, chose name, dataset, deep dive, developers, distribution, dragonflybsd, evolution, freebsd, freebsd boxbuilder, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, iata, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, opnsense, os, packages, ports, posix_spawn, release, shell, software, strengths, system, system architecture, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
Unix System Architecture Evolution, Deep Dive into FreeBSD’s Strengths, how developers chose names, OPNsense 21.1.7 released, Support for chdir(2) in posix_spawn(3), vagrant-freebsd-boxbuilder, OpenBSD’s IATA airport code file, and more
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410: OpenBSD Consumer Gateway
July 8th, 2021 | 41 mins 54 secs
berkeley, blog, blogging, bsd, bubble, building images, consumer, consumer gateway, custom image, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, gateway launch, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, minecraft, mkjail, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, performance, ports, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, upgrading, zfs, zpool
Open Source and Blogging Bubbles, Building Customized FreeBSD Images, Updating Minecraft in FreeBSD, Upgrading FreeBSD jails using mkjail, Dragonfly 6.0 Performance benchmark, OpenBSD Consumer Gateway Launch, and more.
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409: The Filesystem Dungeon
July 1st, 2021 | 52 mins 3 secs
berkeley, bsd, cpu time, dataset, distribution, diving, dragonflybsd, dtrace, dungeon, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, network probes, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, shell programming, software, toolchain, top, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vortex86dx, zfs, zpool
DTrace network probes, next 50 years of shell programming, NetBSD on the Vortex86DX CPU, system CPU time in top, your filesystem as a dungeon, diving into toolchains, and more
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407: The jail Detail
June 17th, 2021 | 45 mins 29 secs
berkeley, bsd, dataset, digitalocean, distribution, dragonflybsd, firefox, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jail, kde plasma, netbsd, nomadbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pf, pkgsrc, ports, privacy, release, root, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, wayland, zfs, zpool
Confining the omnipotent root, Jails with ZFS and PF on DigitalOcean, NomadBSD 130R is out, KDE Plasma Wayland on FreeBSD, Firefox under FreeBSD with Privacy, Using NetBSD’s pkgsrc everywhere, and more.