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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

440: BSD Inside Zone

February 3rd, 2022  |  44 mins 57 secs

berkeley, bsd, dataset, desktop, distribution, dragonflybsd, dummynet, freebsd, ghostbsd, gnome, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, inside zone, installation, interview, linux rant, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, packet scheduling, ports, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vfs, virtual filesystem switch, zfs, zpool

GhostBSD 22.01 is available, Packet Scheduling with Dummynet and FreeBSD, Inside zone installation, Why the FreeBSD Desktop and my Linux Rant, How to install Gnome on OpenBSD, The important Unix idea of the "virtual filesystem switch", and more.

433: GhostBSD of Christmas

December 16th, 2021  |  29 mins 18 secs

berkeley, bsd, chdir, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, eden x2, freebsd, ghostbsd, gui, gui package manager, guide, hardenedbsd, hewlett packard, howto, hp, interview, modem, netbsd, octopkg, open source, openbsd, operating system, opnsense, os, packages, ports, posix_spawn, release, shell, software, t510, thin client, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, v7, via, via eden, web interface, zfs, zpool

GhostBSD 21.11.24 ISO available, why v7 matters so much, OpenBSD on VIA Eden X2 powered HP t510 Thin Client, OctoPkg GUI Package Manager, chdir(2) support in posix_spawn(3), install doas on FreeBSD, Access Modem's Web Interface with OPNsense, and more

425: Releases galore

October 21st, 2021  |  41 mins 57 secs

berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, ghostbsd, guide, hardenedbsd, hello system, howto, interview, libressl, lumina, midnightbsd, netbsd, open source, openbgpd, openbsd, opensense, operating system, os, packages, patches, ports, release, riscv, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vortex86dx, zfs, zpool

The New Architecture on the Block, OpenBSD on Vortex86DX CPU, lots of new releases, and more.

420: OpenBSD makes life better

September 16th, 2021  |  49 mins 18 secs

apple m1, arm64, bandwidth management, berkeley, bsd, changes, dataset, desktop, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, ghostbsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, improvements, internet, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pool layout, ports, release, router, router project, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, wifi, wireless, zfs, zpool

Choosing The Right ZFS Pool Layout, changes in OpenBSD that make life better, GhostBSD 21.09.06 ISO's now available, Fair Internet bandwidth management with OpenBSD, NetBSD wifi router project update, NetBSD on the Apple M1, HardenedBSD August Status Report, FreeBSD Journal on Wireless and Desktop, and more.

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.

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

388: Must-have security tool

February 4th, 2021  |  49 mins 41 secs

2020, bastille, berkeley, bsd, dataset, display, distribution, dragonflybsd, etymology. command-line, fourth, freebsd, ghostbsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, openbsd, operating system, os, persistence, port, quarter, quarterly, redirection, release, report, security, shell, software, status, tool, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, wall display, zfs, zpool

FreeBSD Q4 2020 Status report, a must-have security tool from OpenBSD, Bastille Port Redirection and Persistence, FreeBSD Wall Display Computer, etymology of command-line tools, GhostBSD 21.01.15 Release Notes, and more.

348: BSD Community Collections

April 30th, 2020  |  1 hr 16 secs

ars technica, book sponsorship, bsd, collections, dragonflybsd, freebsd, furybsd, ghostbsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, internals, interview, kde, memory allocator, memory allocator internals, netbsd, openbsd, secure memory allocator, solid state drive, ssd, tls, tls mastery, tls mastery book, trident, trueos, tutorial, xfce

FuryBSD 2020Q2 Images Available, Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux, Ars technica reviews GhostBSD, “TLS Mastery” sponsorships open, BSD community show their various collections, a tale of OpenBSD secure memory allocator internals, learn to stop worrying and love SSDs, and more.

343: FreeBSD, Corona: Fight!

March 26th, 2020  |  39 mins 4 secs

bsd, corona, corona virus, covid-19, dragonflybsd, folding at home, foldingathome, freebsd, furybsd, ghostbsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, kde, netbsd, nomadbsd, openbsd, opnsense, pf, pf-badhost, trident, trueos, tutorial, vpn, wireguard, xfce

Fighting the Coronavirus with FreeBSD, Wireguard VPN Howto in OPNsense, NomadBSD 1.3.1 available, fresh GhostBSD 20.02, New FuryBSD XFCE and KDE images, pf-badhost 0.3 released, and more.