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

  • 435: Year End Interview

    December 30th, 2021  |  33 mins 51 secs
    berkeley, bsd, computer challenge, dataset, dataswamp, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, games, gaming, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, shell community, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, webzine, zfs, zpool

    In this last episode of 2021, we interview Solene from OpenBSD. She’s blogging about her experiences with OpenBSD on dataswamp.org, the webzine she created, how she got involved and other topics. Enjoy and best wishes for 2022!

  • 434: It’s Quiz-mas time

    December 23rd, 2021  |  58 mins 30 secs
    berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, host interviews, howto, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, special interview, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, xmas, zfs, zpool

    In this special xmas episode we let the audience interview us using questions they sent us and we’ll answer now. Tom, Allan, JT, and I are all here, so stay tuned for some interesting answers to your questions.

  • 433: GhostBSD of Christmas

    December 16th, 2021  |  29 mins 18 secs
    berkeley, bsd, chdir, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, eden x2, freebsd, ghostbsd, gui, gui package manager, guide, hardenedbsd, hewlett packard, howto, hp, interview, modem, netbsd, octopkg, open source, openbsd, operating system, opnsense, os, packages, ports, posix_spawn, release, shell, software, t510, thin client, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, v7, via, via eden, web interface, zfs, zpool

    GhostBSD 21.11.24 ISO available, why v7 matters so much, OpenBSD on VIA Eden X2 powered HP t510 Thin Client, OctoPkg GUI Package Manager, chdir(2) support in posix_spawn(3), install doas on FreeBSD, Access Modem's Web Interface with OPNsense, and more

  • 432: Introducing OpenZFS 3.0 - Yeah

    December 9th, 2021  |  54 mins 43 secs
    awk, berkeley, bsd, bsd user group, bug, dataset, developer summit, distribution, doas, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, habug, hardenedbsd, howto, infrastructure, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, openzfs, openzfs 2.0, openzfs 3.0, operating system, os, packages, parallel processing, ports, release, shell, software, status update, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, user group, wayland, zfs, zpool

    HAMBug hybrid meeting, Demystifying OpenZFS 2.0, OpenZFS 3.0 introduced at Dev Summit, HardenedBSD Home Infrastructure Status, Running Awk in parallel, FreeBSD Announces Wayland 1.19.91, and more

  • 431: FreeBSD EC2 Agents

    December 2nd, 2021  |  43 mins 57 secs
    agents, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, ec2, freebsd, gnome, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jenkins, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, opnsense, os, packages, ports, release, risc-v architecture, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, webzine, zfs, zpool

    Why use OpenBSD part 2, FreeBSD on the RISC-V Architecture, OpenBSD Webzine Issue 4, Ending up liking GNOME, OPNsense 21.7.5 released, Jenkins with FreeBSD Agents in EC2, and more

  • 430: OpenBSD Onwards

    November 25th, 2021  |  45 mins 46 secs
    2021 q3 status, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, full disk encryption, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, monitoring, netbsd, open source, openbsd, openbsd catchup, operating system, os, packages, pool manipulation, ports, q3 status report, raspberry pi, recovery mode, release, rescue system, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    Manipulate a ZFS pool from Rescue System, FreeBSD 3rd Quarter Report, Monitoring FreeBSD jails form the host, OpenBSD on RPI4 with Full Disk Encryption, Onwards with OpenBSD, and more

  • 429: Advanced ZFS Snapshots

    November 18th, 2021  |  39 mins 4 secs
    berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, foundation, freebsd, freebsd audio, fundraiser, fundraising, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, laptop power, midnightbsd, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, power consumption, release, shell, snapshots, software, spelling fixes, trident, trueos, tuning power, tutorial, typos, unix, wireguard setup, zfs, zfs snapshots, zpool

    FreeBSD Foundation October Fundraising Update, Advanced ZFS Snapshots, Full WireGuard setup with OpenBSD, MidnightBSD a Linux Alternative, FreeBSD Audio, Tuning Power Consumption on FreeBSD Laptops, Thoughts on Spelling Fixes, and more.

  • 428: Cult of BSD

    November 11th, 2021  |  54 mins 21 secs
    berkeley, bsd, cultbsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, it, measure, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, power, power efficiency, release, scheduler, shell, software, top, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    OpenBSD Part 1: How it all started, Explaining top(1) on FreeBSD, Measuring power efficiency of a CPU frequency scheduler on OpenBSD, CultBSD, a whole lot of BSD bits, and more.

  • 427: Logging is important

    November 4th, 2021  |  43 mins 45 secs
    authentication, berkeley, bsd, build, dataset, developer, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, log, logging, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, opnsense, os, packages, pfsense, ports, pot, release, setup, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, workstation, zfs, zpool

    Build Your FreeBSD Developer Workstation, logging is important, how BSD authentication works, pfSense turns 15 years old, OPNsense Business Edition 21.10 released, getting started with pot, and more

  • 426: OpenBSD 7.0 Hero

    October 28th, 2021  |  59 mins 12 secs
    berkeley, boost, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, performance, ports, release, shell, slog, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, uvm, uvm faults, wayland, zfs, zpool

    A Good Time to Use OpenZFS Slog, OpenBSD 7.0 is out, OpenBSD and Wayland, UVM faults yield significant performance boost, and more.

  • 425: Releases galore

    October 21st, 2021  |  41 mins 57 secs
    berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, ghostbsd, guide, hardenedbsd, hello system, howto, interview, libressl, lumina, midnightbsd, netbsd, open source, openbgpd, openbsd, opensense, operating system, os, packages, patches, ports, release, riscv, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vortex86dx, zfs, zpool

    The New Architecture on the Block, OpenBSD on Vortex86DX CPU, lots of new releases, and more.

  • 424: Unveiling OpenBSD’s pledge

    October 14th, 2021  |  49 mins 41 secs
    berkeley, bsd, comparing, comparison, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, encryption, freebsd, full disk encryption, geli, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, j language, language port, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pledge, porting, ports, python, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, unveil, zfs, zpool

    J language working on OpenBSD, Comparing FreeBSD GELI and OpenZFS encrypted pools, What is FreeBSD, actually?, OpenBSD's pledge and unveil from Python, and more.