About the show
Created by three guys who love BSD, we cover the latest news and have an extensive series of tutorials, as well as interviews with various people from all areas of the BSD community. It also serves as a platform for support and questions. We love and advocate FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD and TrueOS. Our show aims to be helpful and informative for new users that want to learn about them, but still be entertaining for the people who are already pros.
The show airs on Wednesdays at 2:00PM (US Eastern time) and the edited version is usually up the following day.
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Episodes
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595: Arc: the Triumph
January 23rd, 2025 | 1 hr 48 mins
adaptive replacement cache, algorithm, arc, berkeley, browser, bsd, cli, cloud native, code, containers, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, firewall, foss, france, freebsd, google inc. repository, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, ipv6 traffic, jailed browser, jails, minitel, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, packet filter, pf, podman, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, testing, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool
Applying the ARC Algorithm to the ARC, Advancing Cloud Native Containers on FreeBSD: Podman Testing Highlights, Running Web Browsers in FreeBSD Jail, Fixing pf not allowing IPv6 traffic on FreeBSD, Minitel: The Online World France Built Before the Web, Why Google Stores Billions of Lines of Code in a Single Repository, and more
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594: Name that Domain
January 16th, 2025 | 1 hr 10 mins
audit, berkeley, bhyve, block io limits, bsd, capsicum, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, domain naming, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, gopher, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, minnesota, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, rock64 board, security, shell, software, storage, subsystems, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool
Security Audit of the Capsicum and bhyve Subsystems, ZFS on Linux and block IO limits show some limits of being out of the kernel, NetBSD on a ROCK64 Board, Domain Naming, BSDCan 2025 CFP, The Internet Gopher from Minnesota, and more
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593: rc.conf Validator
January 9th, 2025 | 57 mins 47 secs
berkeley, bhyve, bsd, cli, code, cto perspective, dataset, development, distribution, dma, dragonfly mail agent, dragonflybsd, fell in love, filesystem, foss, freebsd, gdc package, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, macos/aarch64, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, opnsense 24.7.10, os, packages, ports, printing, programming, proxmox, rc.conf, release, replace, replacement, replacing, sendmail, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, validate, validation, zfs, zpool
FreeBSD replaces sendmail with dma, Why We Use FreeBSD Over Linux: A CTO’s Perspective, How I fell in love with OpenBSD, A GDC package for macOS/aarch64, Validate Your FreeBSD rc.conf, Replacing Proxmox with FreeBSD and Bhyve, OPNsense 24.7.10 released, Printing With FreeBSD, and more
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592: Wohoo, FreeBSD 14.2
January 2nd, 2025 | 1 hr 1 min
14.2, announcement, berkeley, biggest shell programs, block i/o, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, ipv6, jails, limits, memory conflict messages, nat, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, shell, software, spell checking, storage, storage fault management, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool
ZFS Storage Fault Management, FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE Announcement, I feel that NAT is inevitable even with IPv6, Spell checking in Vim, OpenBSD Memory Conflict Messages, The Biggest Shell Programs in the World, 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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590: Single, not sorry
December 19th, 2024 | 49 mins 18 secs
awk, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, graphviz, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, markdown, md, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pandoc, pdf, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, w3schools, zfs, zpool
In this episode, Benedict shows some of the tools he loves to use including Markdown (producing PDFs and other docs using Pandoc), AWK, and Graphviz. A lot of tutorials and getting-started links in this practical-oriented episode for you.
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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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587: New filesystems category
November 28th, 2024 | 50 mins 54 secs
automating, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, compatibility, crypted passwords, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, introduction, jails, misconceptions, netbsd, open source, openbsd, openzfs 2.3, operating system, os, packages, peace of mind, ports, ports category, programming, q3 report, release, shell, snapshot automation, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool
FreeBSD Quarterly Report, Welcome to the new category: filesystems, BSD Misconceptions, Notes on the compatibility of crypted passwords across Unixes in late 2024, Automating ZFS Snapshots for Peace of Mind, A few nice things in OpenZFS 2.3, and more
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586: Cloud Exit Savings
November 21st, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
berkeley, bsd, cli, cloud exit, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, history, howto, inetd, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, savings, shell, show off, software, storage, storage benchmarks, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, vm live migration, zfs, zpool
Our Cloud Exit Savings will not top ten million over five years, 5 Reasons Why Your ZFS Storage Benchmarks Are Wrong, The history of inetd is more interesting than I expected, OpenBSD is Hard to Show Off, bhyve on FreeBSD and VM Live Migration – Quo vadis?, and more
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585: Infrastructure Administration Workstation
November 14th, 2024 | 49 mins 6 secs
admin, administration, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, diff, diff3, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, freebsd at 30, future, guide, hardenedbsd, history, howto, infrastructure, interview, jails, libressl, migration, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, plasma6, ports, programming, proxmox, release, sdiff, shell, software, storage, story, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, workstation, zfs, zpool
From Proxmox to FreeBSD - Story of a Migration, FreeBSD At 30: The History And Future Of The Most Popular BSD-Based OS, Using a dedicated administration workstation for my infrastructure, LibreSSL 4.0.0 Released, Plasma6 and FreeBSD 14, Replace gnu diff, diff3, and sdiff with BSD versions, and more
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584: ZFS Copy Offloading
November 7th, 2024 | 57 mins 56 secs
accelerating, berkeley, best practices, brt, bsd, cis benchmark, cli, code, copy offloading, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, expert-guided, exrc, filesystem, foss, freebsd, graphical desktops, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jailfox, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, read-only device, release, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool
New CIS® FreeBSD 14 Benchmark: Secure Your Systems with Expert-Guided Best Practices, Accelerating ZFS with Copy Offloading: BRT, The uncertain possible futures of Unix graphical desktops, Jailfox - Firefox in a Freebsd Jail, Make Your Own Read-Only Device With NetBSD, ex/vi/nvi editor: .exrc advanced,