BSD Now

A weekly podcast and the place to B...SD

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

  • 561: Kicked off ARPANET

    May 30th, 2024  |  1 hr 1 min
    algorithm, alpine, arpanet, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, cpu, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, exist, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, innovate, interview, jails, jerry pournelle, message, nagle, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, thrive, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, usage, utility, zfs, zpool

    Why FreeBSD Continues to Innovate and Thrive, Why BSD, A BSD person tries Alpine Linux, This message does not exist, Demise of Nagle's algorithm, How Jerry Pournelle Got Kicked Off the ARPANET, and more

  • 560: Why not BSD

    May 23rd, 2024  |  1 hr 1 min
    berkeley, bhyve, binaries, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, ident, interview, jails, libressl, lore, netbsd, omnios, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, q1 2024, release, search, searching, shell, software, sshd, status report, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, version control, what, zfs, zpool

    FreeBSD Status Report First Quarter 2024, Why not BSD, LibreSSL version 3.9.2 released, Running NetBSD on OmniOS using bhyve, X.Org on NetBSD, Unix version control lore: what, ident, How I search in 2024, sshd split into multiple binaries, and more

  • 559: Rainy WiFi Days

    May 16th, 2024  |  57 mins 17 secs
    berkeley, booting, brain, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, omnios, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, pxe, rain, release, rng, shell, smolbsd, software, stateless, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, vpn, wayland, wg-quick, wifi, wireguard, zfs, zpool

    An RNG that runs in your brain, Going Stateless, SmolBSD, The Wi-Fi only works when it's raining, Wayland, where are we in 2024?, Omnios pxe booting, OpenBSD scripts to convert wg-quick VPN files, and more

  • 558: Worlds of telnet

    May 9th, 2024  |  1 hr 31 mins
    aliexpress, attestation, berkeley, bsd, bsdcan, cli, code, cybersecurity compliance, dataset, developers, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, feedback information, file ownership, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, mini pcs, netbsd, netbsd 9.4, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, parallel raw ip input, permissions, ports, programming, release, routers, shell, software, ssdf, storage, telnet, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool

    NetBSD 9.4, FreeBSD SSDF Attestation to Support Cybersecurity Compliance, The Lost Worlds of Telnet, alter file ownership and permissions with a feedback information, parallel raw IP input, OpenBSD routers on AliExpress mini PCs, FreeBSD for Devs. Plus a special interview with the organizers of BSDCAN 2024.

  • 557: 17h per frame

    May 2nd, 2024  |  46 mins 52 secs
    berkeley, book 8088, bsd, cli, code, console, dataset, development, disk encryption, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, lock down, manjaro, netbsd, open source, openbsd, opensmtpd, operating system, os, packages, partnerships, pinebook pro, ports, programming, prometheus, ray tracing, release, resource, shell, software, storage, syscall limitation, tinkering, tools, trillion dollar, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool, zx spectrum

    Open Source Software: The $9 Trillion Resource Companies Take for Granted, Tinkering with Manjaro and NetBSD on the Pinebook Pro: a crumbs-in-the-forest tutorial & review, OpenSMTPD 7.5.0p0 Released, OpenBSD 7.5 locks down with improved disk encryption support and syscall limitations, Book 8088, Custom Prometheus dashboards using Console templates, FreeBSD Foundation March 2024 Partnerships Update, Ray tracing made possible on 42-year-old ZX Spectrum: 'reasonably fast, if you consider 17 hours per frame to be reasonably fast', and more

  • 556: Cozy OpenBSD

    April 25th, 2024  |  53 mins 49 secs
    32-bit, 9front, backdoor, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, debate, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, porting, ports, power64, powerpc, programming, release, risc-v mini, shell, software, spies, storage, techies, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, xz vulnerability, zfs, zpool

    OpenBSD is a Cozy Operating System, Lichee Console 4A - RISC-V mini laptop, Lessons learned with XZ vulnerability, Techies vs spies: the xz backdoor debate, Not Not Porting 9front to Power64, One less Un*xy option for 32-bit PowerPC, and more

  • 555: Poudriereing Apple Silicon

    April 18th, 2024  |  57 mins 49 secs
    32-bit, apple silicon, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distributed systems, distribution, dragonflybsd, efforts, email server, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, kubernetes, netapp, netbsd, nextcloud, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, poudriere, powerpc, programming, release, shell, software, storage, strategic contribution, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, upstreaming, utility, webmail, zfs, zpool

    Kubernetes and back - Why I don't run distributed systems, NetApp’s strategic contributions to FreeBSD: a deep dive into upstreaming efforts, Make your own E-Mail server - Part 2 - Adding Webmail and More with Nextcloud, Poudriere on Apple Silicon, One less Un*xy option for 32-bit PowerPC, and more

  • 554: NetBSD Double Digit

    April 11th, 2024  |  1 hr 2 mins
    10.0, backdoor, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, ix systems, jails, libressl, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, partnership update, ports, programming, release, shell, software, state, storage, terminal, tools, truenas 13.3, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, xz, zfs, zpool

    The XZ Backdoor, NetBSD 10.0, iX announces that they will put out a release of TrueNAS 13.3, State of the Terminal, LibreSSL 3.8.4 and 3.9.1 released and more

  • 553: Terminal Latency

    April 4th, 2024  |  53 mins 30 secs
    berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, email, filesystem, foss, freebsd, git, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, latency, netbsd, nvme databases, offline, omnios mirroring, open source, openbsd, openzfs development, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, quiz, release, server, shell, software, storage, terminal, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, visionfive, zfs, zpool

    Using Git offline, Make your own E-mail server, quiz: a tool for
    rapid OpenZFS development, Configuring openzfs for nvme databases, Mirroring
    OmniOS: The Complete Guide part 1, Installing OpenBSD 7.4 on a VisionFive 2 rev

  • 552: The Laptop Sparc

    March 28th, 2024  |  59 mins 33 secs

    Setup diskless booting of Raspberry Pi, TrueNAS abandons FreeBSD, SPARCbook 3000ST: The coolest 90s laptop, Sparkbook Teardown, SSH over HTTPS, Keycloak Identity and Access Management on FreeBSD, Ford Aerospace and BSD Unix, and more

  • 551: SSH Port Story

    March 21st, 2024  |  52 mins 21 secs
    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

    This week on the show, The story of SSH getting port 22, GGC using Clang, AuxRunner, Stabweek, Using a Kensington SlimBladePro on OpenBSD, and more...

  • 550: Netware and Netmap

    March 12th, 2024  |  53 mins 16 secs
    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

    This week on the show, you're not too late to develop the future, netmap on czgbe, OpenZFS 2.2.3, SSH Brute Forcing, some unknown OpenBSD Features, Release notes for the latest Omni OS, and more...