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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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,

  • 583: A host of self-hosters

    October 31st, 2024  |  1 hr 9 mins
    berkeley, best practices, bitwarden, bsd, cdn, cli, code, containers, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, maintenance, nas, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, podman, ports, programming, release, self-hosting, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, vaultwarden, zero drive failure, zfs, zpool

    Run Linux Containers on FreeBSD 14 with Podman, Open Source FreeBSD NAS: Maintenance Best Practices, Self-hosting Bitwarden / VaultWarden on FreeBSD, I most definitely should (self-host)!, My 71 TiB ZFS NAS After 10 Years and Zero Drive Failures, Make Your Own CDN With OpenBSD Base and Just 2 Packages, and more

  • 582: Introducing ZBM

    October 24th, 2024  |  58 mins 18 secs
    berkeley, broader adoption, bsd, cli, code, daily tasks, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, fish shell, font, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, host, howto, interview, jails, laptop support, mgration, netbsd, one-liners, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, strategic move, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, vm, zbm, zero config, zfs, zfsbootmenu, zpool

    Why laptop support, why now: FreeBSD’s strategic move toward broader adoption, ZBM 101: Introduction to ZFSBootMenu, How I batch apply and save one-liners, Moving an Entire FreeBSD Installation to a New Host or VM in a Few Easy Steps, How to install "standard" TTF Microsoft fonts, We need more zero config tools, Reasons I still love the fish shell, You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks, and more

  • 581: Releasing more BSDs

    October 17th, 2024  |  53 mins 34 secs
    acpiduming, activitypub, berkeley, bsd, chezmoi, cli, code, common myths, dataset, debunking, development, distribution, dotfiles, dragonflybsd, fediverse, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, podman, ports, programming, release, shell, snac2, software, storage, testing, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool

    Debunking Common Myths About FreeBSD - Part 2, FreeBSD 13.4-RELEASE Announcement, OpenBSD -current has moved to version 7.6, acpidumping,Install snac2 on FreeBSD – An ActivityPub Instance for the Fediverse, Managing dotfiles with chezmoi, Podman testing on FreeBSD, and more

  • 580: EuroBSDcon 2024 - Part 2

    October 10th, 2024  |  1 hr 55 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

    Jason is still on location at EuroBSDcon getting interviews with those in the BSD Community.

  • 579: EuroBSDcon 2024

    October 3rd, 2024  |  56 mins 36 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

    Jason is on location at EuroBSDcon getting interviews with those in the BSD Community.

  • 578: KVM, but Smol

    September 26th, 2024  |  58 mins 9 secs
    berkeley, bsd, canonicalization, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dma, domain, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, fun fact, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, kvm, limiting process priority, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, postfix, programming, release, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, unix tool list, utility, voyager, zfs, zpool

    Limiting Process Priority in a FreeBSD Jail, Why You Should Use FreeBSD, The web fun fact that domains can end in dots and canonicalization failures, Replacing postfix with dma + auth, modern unix tool list, Smol KVM, The Computers of Voyager