BSD Now

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

319 episodes of BSD Now since the first episode, which aired on September 4th, 2013.

  • 460: OpenBSD airport folklore

    June 23rd, 2022  |  37 mins 38 secs
    airport, airport codes, berkeley, bsd, containerd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, folklore, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, iata, implementation, interview, jails, linux containers, linuxulator, minimalistic, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pine64, ports, release, rockpro64, shell, software, status report, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, window manager, zfs, zpool

    Containerd gains support for launching Linux containers on FreeBSD, OpenBSD 7.1 on PINE64 RockPro64, true minimalistic window manager does not exist, OpenBSD folklore, HardenedBSD May 2022 Status Report, DragonFlyBSD 6.2.2 out, and more

  • 459: NetBSD Kernel benchmark

    June 16th, 2022  |  54 mins 5 secs
    backup, backups, benchmark, berkeley, bsd, compiler benchmark, compiling, dataset, diagnostics, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, graviton 3, guide, hardenedbsd, hardware detection, howto, interview, jails, kernel compile, netbsd, network management, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, packet filter, pf, ports, production use, release, shell, software, time machine, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    Evaluating FreeBSD CURRENT for Production Use, Time Machine-like Backups on OpenBSD, FreeBSD on the Graviton 3, Compiling the NetBSD kernel as a benchmark, Network Management with the OpenBSD Packet Filter Toolset from BSDCan 2022, Hardware Detection & Diagnostics for New FreeBSD Users, and more

  • 458: Traceroute interpretation

    June 9th, 2022  |  48 mins 41 secs
    account, account locking, berkeley, bsd, cautionary tale, cloud, ctwm, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, fundamentals, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, locking, moreutils, mtr, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, overgrowth, packages, password groping, ports, protection, public cloud, release, shell, software, spamtraps, spamware, spf, spleen, traceroute, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, user account, zfs, zpool

    Fundamentals of the FreeBSD Shell, Spammers in the Public Cloud, locking user accounts properly, overgrowth on NetBSD, moreutils, ctwm & spleen, interpreting a traceroute, and more

  • 457: The NetBSD Wheelbarrow

    June 2nd, 2022  |  47 mins 3 secs
    berkeley, bluetooth, bsd, buildtool, continuous integration, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, driver, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, kde, netbsd, network basics, networking, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, playstation, ports, raidz1, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, wifi, zfs, zpool

    Journey to ZFS RAIDZ1 on NetBSD, FreeBSD networking basics: WiFi and Bluetooth, smuggling code into the playstation via NetBSD driver hole, KDE FreeBSD CI, remembering buildtool, and more

  • 456: FreeBSD 13.1

    May 26th, 2022  |  51 mins 19 secs
    13.1, android, baikal, berkeley, bhyve, branch, branching, bsd, calendar, case filing, command line, contacts, convention, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, microbhyve, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, psarc case, release, shell, software, sync, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    FreeBSD 13.1 is released, Unix command line conventions over time, Branching for NetBSD 10, Microbhyve, Own your Calendar and Contacts with OpenBSD, the PSARC case for ZFS, and more

  • 455: Ken Thompson Singularity

    May 19th, 2022  |  45 mins 21 secs
    berkeley, bsd, dataset, debugger, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, game, game development, gaming, godot, guide, hardenedbsd, hare compiler, howto, interview, jails, lldb, multiprocess support, netbsd, nuclear apocalypse, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, thinkpad t460s, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    OpenBSD is the Perfect OS post Nuclear Apocalypse, Multiprocess support for LLDB, porting the new Hare compiler to OpenBSD, Writing my first OpenBSD game using Godot, FreeBSD 13 on Thinkpad T460s, and more.

  • 454: Compiling 50% faster

    May 12th, 2022  |  48 mins 50 secs
    berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, faster compile, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, kernel compiling, nas, nas building, netbsd, network attached storage, open source, openbsd, openbsd 7.1, operating system, os, packages, ports, quick compile, randot, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, v openbsd, years of service, zfs, zpool

    OpenBSD 7.1 is out, Building Your Own FreeBSD-based NAS with ZFS Part 2, Let's try V on OpenBSD, Waiting for Randot, Compiling an OpenBSD kernel 50% faster, A Salute for 10+ years of service, and more

  • 453: TwinCat/BSD Hypervisor

    May 5th, 2022  |  45 mins 13 secs
    amazon, aws, beckhoff, berkeley, bsd, bsd hypervisor, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, driver, driver development, ec2, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, kernel module, nas, netbsd, network attached storage, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, twincat, unix, write device driver, zfs, zpool

    Building Your Own FreeBSD-based NAS, Writing a device driver for Unix V6, EC2: What Colin Percival’s been up to, Beckhoff releases TwinCAT/BSD Hypervisor, Writing a NetBSD kernel module, and more.

  • 452: The unknown hackers

    April 28th, 2022  |  46 mins 29 secs
    bedroom, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, dual boot, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hackers, hardenedbsd, homelab, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, nixos, open source, openbsd, openssh, operating system, os, packages, papers, ports, release, shell, software, testbed, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    The unknown hackers, Papers we love to read, Dual Boot Homelab in The Bedroom by the bed testbed, OpenSSH 9.0 released, OS battle: OpenBSD vs. NixOS, and more

  • 451: Tuning ZFS recordsize

    April 21st, 2022  |  1 hr 45 secs
    backups, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, dump, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, intel, interview, laptop, mount, mounted, mounting, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, optimizing, os, packages, ports, power consumption, recordsize, release, shell, software, tcpdump, trident, trueos, tuning, tutorial, unix, wireless bridge, zfs, zpool

    Full system backups with FFS snapshots, ZFS and dump(8), tuning recordsize in OpenZFS, Optimizing FreeBSD Power Consumption on Modern Intel Laptops, remember to check for ZFS filesystems being mounted, Use tcpdump to save wireless bridge, and more

  • 450: Unix Tool Writing

    April 14th, 2022  |  58 mins 53 secs
    berkeley, best practices, bsd, coding, cron, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, errors, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, libressl, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, shell, software, taskwarrior, tool writing, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, unix philosophy, zfs, zpool

    The ideas that made Unix, hints for writing Unix tools, cron best practices, three different sorts of filesystem errors, LibreSSL 3.5.1 released, taskwarrior to manage tasks, and more.

  • 449: Reproducible clean $HOME

    April 7th, 2022  |  50 mins 17 secs
    berkeley, bsd, clean home, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, dual booting, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, hellosystem, howto, impermanence, interview, jail, lazy approach, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, q4 status report, release, reproducible, rockpro64, server, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    FreeBSD Status Report 4th Quarter 2021, Reproducible clean $HOME in OpenBSD using impermanence, Making RockPro64 a NetBSD Server, helloSystem 0.7.0 is out, lazy approach to FreeBSD dual-booting, going to jail, and more.