Tom Jones
Co-Host of BSD Now
Tom Jones is an Internet Researcher and FreeBSD developer that works on improving the core protocols that drive the Internet. He is a
contributor to open standards in the IETF and is enthusiastic about using FreeBSD as a platform to experiment with new networking ideas as they progress towards standardisation.
Tom Jones has hosted 112 Episodes.
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626: USB webcam testing
August 28th, 2025 | 56 mins 10 secs
802.11g, berkeley, bsd, bsdcan trip report, call for testing, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, freebsd journal, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, java, netbsd, open source, openbsd, openbsd webcams, openssh features, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, release process underway, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, usb, utility, zfs, zpool
FreeBSD Journal Summer 2025 Edition, Java hiding in plain sight, BSDCan 2025 Trip report, Call for testing OpenBSD webcams, recent new features in OpenSSH, Improved 802.11g AP compatibility check, and more
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625: Build Cluster Speedup
August 21st, 2025 | 50 mins 36 secs
autobuilds, berkeley, bsd, build cluster, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, drm updates, embedded devices, fast, faster, featured, featuring, filesystem, foss, freebsd, glusterfs, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, performance, ports, programming, raspberry pi, release, resume, shell, software, speed up, storage, suspend, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zil, zpool
Why FreeBSD is the Right Choice for Embedded Devices, The Day GlusterFS Tried to Kill My Career, DragonFly DRM updated, NetBSD on Raspberry Pi, Speed up suspend/resume for FreeBSD, Revisiting ZFS's ZIL, separate log devices, and writes, One of my blog articles featured on the BSD Now podcast episode, New build cluster speeds up daily autobuilds, and more
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621: Exaggerated Death Report
July 24th, 2025 | 50 mins 7 secs
arm64 uefi, berkeley, book of pf, bsd, cli, code, dataset, death, design, designing, development, distribution, dm_target_crypt_ng, dragonflybsd, exaggeration, filesystem, foss, fourth edition, freebsd, generic installation, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, localized computing, netbsd, next generation, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, periodical, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, terminals, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, x window system, zfs, zpool
Designing a Storage Pool, The Report of My Death Was an Exaggeration, Generic BSD installations on ARM64 UEFI, dm_target_crypt_ng - Add next-generation implementation, The X Window System didn't immediately have X terminals, The Book of PF 4th Edition Is Coming Soon, Periodical 20 Localized Computing, and more
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620: Postmortem for jemalloc
July 17th, 2025 | 53 mins 53 secs
berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, jemalloc, multi-user web server, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, optimizing, os, packages, performance, ports, postmortem, programming, reading list, release, rsync, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tuning, tutorial, unix, utility, workload, zfs, zpool
The Server That Wasn't Meant to Exist, ZFS Performance Tuning – Optimizing for your Workload, what would a multi-user web server look like, That Grumpy BSD Guy: A Short Reading List, rsync's defaults are not always enough, jemalloc Postmortem, and more
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619: Happy Tooling
July 10th, 2025 | 45 mins 57 secs
berkeley, bsd, cli, code, computer club, dataset, development, disaster recovery, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, happy, hardenedbsd, howto, interface, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, two worlds, unix, utility, zfs, zpool, zvault
Disaster Recovery with ZFS: A Practical Guide, The best interfaces we never built, Choose Tools That Make You Happy, open source has turned into two worlds, TrueNAS CORE is Dead – Long Live zVault, You should start a computer club in the place that you live, and more
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616: FreeBSD Foundation Interview
June 19th, 2025 | 47 mins 34 secs
berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, filesystem, foss, foundation, freebsd, interview, jails, open source, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, tools, unix, utility, zfs, zpool
This week on the show Tom interview Deb Goodkin and Justin Gibbs from the FreeBSD Foundation.
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615: Wifi Brakes Unlocked
June 12th, 2025 | 44 mins 2 secs
berkeley, bsd, caddy, cli, code, dataset, dell latitude 7280, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, framework 13, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, high speed wifi, howto, interview, jails, mac_portacl, macos sequoia, netbsd, networking, open source, openbsd, openrsync, opensmtpd, operating system, os, packages, ports, production use, programming, quic, release, reverse proxy, rsync, shell, software, storage, support, supporting, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, wireless, zfs, zpool
How to unlock high speed Wi-Fi on FreeBSD 14, What We’ve Learned Supporting FreeBSD in Production, rsync replaced with openrsync on macOS Sequoia, Framework 13 AMD Setup with FreeBSD, FreeBSD on Dell Latitude 7280, Backup MX with OpenSMTPD, Notes on caddy as QUIC reverse proxy with mac_portacl, and more
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612: Zip Bomb Protection
May 22nd, 2025 | 37 mins 33 secs
berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, drive removal, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, infrastructure independence, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, optimisation, os, packages, parallel tcp input, ports, programming, protect, protection, release, shell, software, stack ownership, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, upgrade, utility, works for now, works long-term, zfs, zip bomb, zpool
I use Zip Bombs to Protect my Server, Owning the Stack: Infrastructure Independence with FreeBSD and ZFS, Optimisation of parallel TCP input, Chosing between "it works for now" and "it works in the long term", Losing one of my evenings after an OpenBSD upgrade, What drive did I just remove from the system?, and more
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609: Toe-Dipping in Amsterdam
May 1st, 2025 | 54 mins 47 secs
advanced networking, authorizedkeyscommand, bash static site generator, berkeley, bhyve migration, bsd, bssg, cheat sheet, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, dynamic cms, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, netgraph, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, secure shell, shell, software, ssh, sshd, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, vm migration, zfs, zpool
Inside FreeBSD Netgraph: Behind the Curtain of Advanced Networking, Launching BSSG - My Journey from Dynamic CMS to Bash Static Site Generator, OpenZFS Cheat Sheet, Dipping my toes in OpenBSD in Amsterdam, SSH keys from a command: sshd's AuthorizedKeysCommand directive, How to move bhyve VM and Jail container from one host to another host, and more
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608: Reboot required
April 24th, 2025 | 48 mins 31 secs
17 year old thinkpad, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, kernel version check, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, reboot, release, reliable backup, shell, software, storage, tinker writer deck, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, world backup day, zfs, zpool
Robust & Reliable Backup Solutions with OpenZFS, Why I Maintain a 17 Year Old Thinkpad, Motivations, Tinker Writer Deck, How to tell if FreeBSD needs a Reboot using kernel version check, Techie pulled an all-nighter that one mistake turned into an all-weekender, and more
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605: Fediverse Weather Service
April 3rd, 2025 | 58 mins 43 secs
automatic display switch, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, copy, core infrastructure, cp, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, fedimeteo, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, mac pro freebsd desktop, netbsd, network time protocol, ntp, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, temp directory, terminal frustrations, tmp, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, vps, weather service, zfs, zpool
FediMeteo: How a Tiny €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service for Thousands, Core Infrastructure: Why You Need to Control Your NTP, Automatic Display switch for OpenBSD laptop, Using a 2013 Mac Pro as a FreeBSD Desktop, Some terminal frustrations, Copying all files of a directory, including hidden ones, with cp, You Should Use /tmp/ More, and more
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604: Future looks back
March 27th, 2025 | 49 mins 9 secs
172 unix beta, ai, artificial intelligence, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, cyberpunk, dataset, destroying software, development, disk space, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, future, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, inetd activation, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pool space, ports, programming, release, resurrection, shell, software, storage, storage space, tools, trueos, tutorial, ufs, unix, utility, y2038, year 2106, zfs, zpool
The Future Looking Back At Us: Joanne McNeil on Cyberpunk, Why ZFS reports less available space, We are destroying software, FreeBSD 13.5 Overcomes UFS Y2038 Problem To Push It Out To Year 2106, 1972 UNIX V2 "Beta" Resurrected, Some thoughts on why 'inetd activation' didn't catch on, If you believe in “Artificial Intelligence”, take five minutes to ask it about stuff you know well, and more