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 148 Episodes.
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681: UNIX still powering the worlds infrastructure
September 17th, 2026 | 1 hr 11 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, webzfs, zfs, zpool
Where Unix runs today, Webzfs updates, A remote filesystem for 2.11 BSD, Sylve, and more...
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680: What FS?
September 10th, 2026 | 44 mins 44 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, webzfs, zfs, zpool
BSD Part Deux, Code that built the internet, and an interview about WebZFS
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679: It also goes to 11
September 3rd, 2026 | 1 hr 2 mins
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
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678: Ceiling Cat has another meaning
August 27th, 2026 | 47 mins 37 secs
ai, berkeley, bsd, cli, code, commodore, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foss, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, phone, ports, programming, release, shell, software, storage, tools, trueos, tutorial, unix, utility, zfs, zpool
Switches in your ceiling, AI affecting interest in things, Commodore Phone and more...
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675: Going GPL Free
August 6th, 2026 | 39 mins 28 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
FreeBSD 16 goes GPL Free, The computer at the bottom of the lake, FreeBSD's new Board member, Phaethon, a new 68010 based Unix machine and more...
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674: Software development never changes
July 30th, 2026 | 1 hr 40 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, webzfs, zfs, zpool
Scrub Design, WebZFS Updates, The Foundations role in the FreeBSD Ecosystem, and more...
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673: There's somebody at the door
July 23rd, 2026 | 50 mins 19 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
Leaving Port 22 open to the internet, FreeBSD Foundationals, GhostBSD Finance Report, Making your own read-only device with NetBSD, and more...
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672: Kitchen Calculator
July 16th, 2026 | 47 mins
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
Unix Pipes under Load, Powering up a IBM Calculator from 1948, FreeBSD AI assisted Vulnerability Discovery Project, and more...
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669: Poudriere Speed Run
June 25th, 2026 | 37 mins 9 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
inotify in FreeBSD, how changes to poudriere.conf affect the build time, Migrating mail servers from exim to OpenSMTPD, and more...
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668: Wiring up the BSDs
June 18th, 2026 | 45 mins 44 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
FreeBSD to OpenBSD Wireguard, Object storage with OpenZFS and SeaweedFS, a zfs script for labeling drives, and more...
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666: Everyone gets an LPE
June 4th, 2026 | 1 hr 4 mins
fatgid, why zfs is ideal for media production, the CTF scene is dead, private repo behind TLS, and more...
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665: 60 Puffies
May 28th, 2026 | 1 hr 9 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
OpenBSD 7.9, Critical Infrastructure in FreeBSD, GhostBSD Finance report, Solaris 11.4 updates, and more...