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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488: Old ping(8) bug
January 5th, 2023 | 35 mins 25 secs
authentication gateway, berkeley, bsd, bug, dataset, debugging, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foundation, freebsd, fundraising, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, internet of things, interview, iot, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ping, ports, release, shell, software, ssh, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
Finding a 24 year old bug in ping(8), The Role of Operating Systems in IOT, Authentication gateway with SSH on OpenBSD, FreeBSD 12.4 is out, and more
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487: EuroBSDcon Interviews Pt. 2
December 29th, 2022 | 34 mins 19 secs
berkeley, bsd, bsd.tv, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, john baldwin, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, storage, trident, trip report, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
This year end episode of BSDNow features a trip report to EuroBSDcon by Mr. BSD.tv, as well as an interview with FreeBSD committer John Baldwin. Happy New Year, 2023!
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486: EuroBSDcon interviews
December 22nd, 2022 | 39 mins 1 sec
berkeley, brooks davis, bsd, dataset, distribution, donate, donation, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, olivier cochard-labbe, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, year-end fundraising, zfs, zpool
This special episode features two interviews we did at EuroBSDcon in Vienna this year. We talk with FreeBSD developers about how they got started, their current projects and more. Also, consider donating to your favorite BSD Foundation to keep the projects going.
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485: FreeBSD Home Assistant
December 15th, 2022 | 43 mins 32 secs
apple, awk, berkeley, brian kernighan, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, graphics processing unit, guide, hardenedbsd, history, home assistant, howto, interview, jail, jails, m1 gpu, mimmutable, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
Tails of the M1 GPU, Getting Home Assistant running in a FreeBSD 13.1 jail, interview with AWK creator Dr. Brian Kernighan, Next steps toward mimmutable, Unix's (technical) history is mostly old now, and more
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484: Birth of stderr
December 8th, 2022 | 36 mins 26 secs
berkeley, bhyve, bootloader, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, font, free space, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, kvm, m1, m2, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, random, release, shell, software, standard error, stderr, steam, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, virtual, virtualization, vm, workstation, zfs, zpool
Virtualization showdown, The Birth of Standard Error, why Steam started picking a random font, Maintaining Sufficient Free Space with ZFS, updated Apple M1/M2 bootloader, code, FreeBSD on my workstation, and more
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483: ZFS Time Machine
December 1st, 2022 | 50 mins 46 secs
berkeley, bsd, client, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, emulator, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, httm, interview, jails, netbsd, nfs, nushell, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, research unix, server, shell, simh pdp-11, software, time machine, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, version 6, zfs, zpool
Research Unix Version 6 in the Open SIMH PDP-11 Emulator, The Hot Tub Time Machine is Your ZFS Turn-Back-Time Method, NFS on NetBSD: server and client side, HardenedBSD October 2022 Status Report, Nushell : Introduction, and more
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482: BSD XFCE Desktop
November 24th, 2022 | 39 mins 20 secs
alpine linux, berkeley, bsd, considerations, dataset, desktop, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, minimalist, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, quick setup, reason, release, root on zfs, shell, software, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, xfce, zfs, zpool
5 Key Reasons to Consider Open Source Storage, OpenBSD Minimalist Desktop, BSD XFCE, Alpine Linux VM on bhyve - with root on ZFS, FreeBSD Jail Quick Setup with Networking, and more.
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481: Fiery Crackers
November 17th, 2022 | 47 mins 54 secs
avoid, avoidance, aws, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, firecracker, freebsd, guide, gzip, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, linux, minio, netbsd, nvme, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, performance, ports, postgres, q3, questions, reddit, release, shell, software, speedup, status report, tar, third quarter, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vendor lock-in, zfs, zpool
FreeBSD Q3 2022 status report, Leveraging MinIO and OpenZFS to avoid vendor lock in, FreeBSD on Firecracker platform, How Much Faster Is Making A Tar Archive Without Gzip, Postgres from packages on OpenBSD, Upgrading an NVMe zpool from 222G to 1TB drives, Don't use Reddit for Linux or BSD related questions, and more.
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480: OpenBSD 7.2
November 10th, 2022 | 48 mins 55 secs
ad blocker, ad blocking, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, fuguita, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, memory protection, memory protections, netbsd, notifications, notify, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, secteam, security team, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unbound, unix, zfs, zpool
OpenBSD 7.2 and FuguIta have been released, Learn the Whys and Hows with the FreeBSD Sec Team, how to get notified about FreeBSD updates, using unbound for ad blocking on OpenBSD, further memory protections on OpenBSD current, and more.
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479: OpenBSD Docker Host
November 3rd, 2022 | 42 mins 3 secs
berkeley, bsd, conference, dataset, distribution, docker, dragonflybsd, eurobsdcon, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, history, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, openshift, operating system, os, packages, ports, process groups, processes, release, shell, signal, signals, software, toolchain, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vmd, zfs, zpool
EuroBSDcon 2022 as first BSD conference, Red Hat’s OpenShift vs FreeBSD Jails, Running a Docker Host under OpenBSD using vmd(8), history of sending signals to Unix process groups, Toolchains adventures - Q3 2022, and more
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478: Debunking sudo myths
October 27th, 2022 | 46 mins 13 secs
berkeley, bsd, buster, command, dataset, debugbreak, debunk, dennis richie, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, machines, myth, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, rob pike, shell, software, sudo, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
Open Source in Enterprise Environments, Your Comprehensive Guide to rc(8): FreeBSD Services and Automation, How Rob Pike got hired by Dennis Richie, what FreeBSD machines rubenerd uses, new debugbreak command, 7 sudo myths debunked
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477: Uninitialized Memory Disclosures
October 20th, 2022 | 46 mins 57 secs
analysis, berkeley, binary ninja, bsd, crash dump, dataset, disclosure, distribution, dragonflybsd, driver, dual-license, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, kernel, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, packet filter, ports, release, sharing, shell, software, tools pf, toolset, trident, trueos, tutorial, uninitialized memory, unix, zfs, zpool
Analyzing BSD Kernels for Uninitialized Memory Disclosures Using Binary Ninja, Sharing Dual-Licensed Drivers between Linux and FreeBSD, favorite Things About The OpenBSD Packet Filter Tools, How to trigger services restart after OpenBSD update, Gems from the Man Page Trenches, and more.