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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.

417: bhyve private cloud

August 26th, 2021  |  57 mins 18 secs

berkeley, bhyve, bsd, dataset, disk, distribution, dragonflybsd, encryption, expansion, fileserver, foundation, framework laptop, freebsd, geli, guide, hardenedbsd, home, howto, interview, mybee, netbsd, objectives, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, portable, ports, private cloud, release, rpo, rto, second quarter report, shell, software, tor setup, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

Achieving RPO/RTO Objectives with ZFS pt 1, FreeBSD Foundation Q2 report, OpenBSD full Tor setup, MyBee - bhyve as private cloud, FreeBSD home fileserver expansion, OpenBSD on Framework Laptop, portable GELI, and more.

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.

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

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.

413: BSD/Linux Chimera

July 29th, 2021  |  46 mins 21 secs

advancebsd, berkeley, bsd, chimera linux, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, eurobsdcon 2021, fpga, freebsd, gcc gnat, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pkgsrc, ports, programming, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, user perspective, zfs, zpool

Updating GCC GNAT (Ada) in pkgsrc/NetBSD, AdvanceBSD thoughts 2/2, FreeBSD from a NetBSD user’s perspective, FPGA programming and DragonFly, Chimera Linux, EuroBSDcon 2021, and more.

412: Command-line secrets

July 22nd, 2021  |  50 mins 46 secs

advancebsd, berkeley, bsd, command line, dataset, desktop environment, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, lumina desktop, maintainership, netbsd, observability, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, performance, ports, release, secrets, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

FreeBSD Performance Observability, Advance!BSD thoughts 1/2, Lumina Desktop Maintainership Change, How to Handle Secrets on the Command Line, Like NetBSD DragonFlyBSD Now Has "COVID", and more.

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

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.

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