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

  • 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.

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    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.

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    423: RACK the Stack

    October 7th, 2021  |  51 mins 30 secs
    400 gb/s, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, eurobsdcon, freebsd, freenas, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, netflix, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pgupdate, plasma, ports, presentation, rack, release, screen lock, script, shell, software, stack, system monitor, tcp, trident, truenas, trueos, tutorial, unix, update, xidle, xlock, zfs, zpool

    FreeBSD serves Netflix Video at 400Gb/s, Using the RACK TCP stack, an OpenBSD script to update packages fast, Plasma System Monitor and FreeBSD, TrueNAS vs FreeNAS (and why you should upgrade!), auto lock screen on OpenBSD using xidle and xlock, and more

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    422: The Brian Callahan Interview

    September 30th, 2021  |  49 mins 59 secs
    berkeley, bsd, bsd user group, callahan, dataset, distribution, diversity, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, language porting, netbsd, new york, nycbug, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, recruiting, release, research, shell, software, teaching, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    We interview Dr. Brian Callahan about his language porting work for OpenBSD, teaching with BSDs and recruiting students into projects, research, and his work at NYC*BUG in this week’s episode of BSDnow.

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    421: ZFS eats CPU

    September 23rd, 2021  |  50 mins 42 secs
    berkeley, bsd, cpu usage, cpu use, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, emulator, freebsd, gnu, google summer of code, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, portability, ports, release, shell, software, students, traceroute, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, unix history, useless, venix, vm86, zfs, zpool

    Useless use of GNU, Meet the 2021 FreeBSD GSoC Students, historical note on Unix portability, vm86-based venix emulator, ZFS Mysteriously Eating CPU, traceroute gets speed boost, and more

  • 420: OpenBSD makes life better

    September 16th, 2021  |  49 mins 18 secs
    apple m1, arm64, bandwidth management, berkeley, bsd, changes, dataset, desktop, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, ghostbsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, improvements, internet, interview, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pool layout, ports, release, router, router project, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, wifi, wireless, zfs, zpool

    Choosing The Right ZFS Pool Layout, changes in OpenBSD that make life better, GhostBSD 21.09.06 ISO's now available, Fair Internet bandwidth management with OpenBSD, NetBSD wifi router project update, NetBSD on the Apple M1, HardenedBSD August Status Report, FreeBSD Journal on Wireless and Desktop, and more.

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    419: Rethinking OS installs

    September 9th, 2021  |  51 mins 39 secs
    alpha cpu, berkeley, bsd, dataset, dec, distribution, done differently, dragonflybsd, freebsd, ghostbsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, irix, learning, llvm, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, os install, packages, port, ports, qemu, rc.d, release, rethink, retrospect, review, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, x11, zfs, zpool

    Reviewing a first OpenBSD port, NetBSD 9.2 on a DEC Alpha CPU in QEMU with X11, FreeBSD Experiment Rethinks the OS Install, GhostBSD switching to FreeBSD rc.d, Irix gets LLVM, and more.

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    418: The greatest time in history to be a creator

    September 2nd, 2021  |  52 mins 25 secs
    berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, michael w. lucas, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    In this episode, we interview Michael W. Lucas about his latest book projects including Git sync murder, TLS Mastery, getting paid for creative work, writing tools and techniques, and more.

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    417: bhyve private cloud

    August 26th, 2021  |  57 mins 18 secs
    berkeley, bhyve, bsd, dataset, disk, distribution, dragonflybsd, encryption, expansion, fileserver, foundation, framework laptop, freebsd, geli, guide, hardenedbsd, home, howto, interview, mybee, netbsd, objectives, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, portable, ports, private cloud, release, rpo, rto, second quarter report, shell, software, tor setup, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    Achieving RPO/RTO Objectives with ZFS pt 1, FreeBSD Foundation Q2 report, OpenBSD full Tor setup, MyBee - bhyve as private cloud, FreeBSD home fileserver expansion, OpenBSD on Framework Laptop, portable GELI, and more.

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    416: netcat printing

    August 19th, 2021  |  53 mins 14 secs
    bastille, berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, netbsd, netcat, open source, openbsd, opensuse, operating system, opnsense, os, packages, pfsense, pfsense plus, ports, printing, release, shell, snapshots, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    OpenZFS snapshots, OpenSUSE on Bastille, printing with netcat, new opnsense 21.1.8 released, new pfsense plus software available, and more.

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    415: Wrong OS Switch

    August 12th, 2021  |  54 mins 17 secs
    berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, freebsd, freedom, ghostbsd, git sync murder, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, i2p, init system, interview, mistakes, net/1, net/2, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, permissions, ports, release, riscv64, server os, shell, software, switch, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

  • 414: Running online conferences

    August 5th, 2021  |  1 hr 3 mins
    berkeley, bsd, conference, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, fanless, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, ipfs, netbsd, online, open source, openbsd, openzfs, operating system, os, packages, performance, ports, release, shell, software, system controls, tcp, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    OpenZFS 2.1 is out, FreeBSD TCP Performance System Controls, IPFS OpenBSD, tips for running an online conference, fanless OpenBSD laptop, and more.