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

  • 497: Random Relinking SSHD

    March 9th, 2023  |  42 mins 29 secs
    berkeley, bitcoin, bsd, collaboration, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, driver development, filesystem, fosdem, freebsd, guide, hackathon, hardenedbsd, hardware drivers, howto, interview, jails, keepassxc, log file, logs, miner, monitor, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, random relinking, release, shell, software, sshd, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool, zstd

    How to Catch a Bitcoin Miner, A Call For More Collaboration, zstd updates, hating hackathons, How to monitor multiple log files at once, KeePassXC, sshd random relinking at boot, and more

  • 496: Hacking the CLI

    March 2nd, 2023  |  45 mins 5 secs
    2fa, automation, berkeley, bsd, bug, bugfix, cli, dataset, development, discobsd, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, fix, freebsd, guide, hacking, hardenedbsd, howto, instant message, interview, jails, keys, memory, messaging, netbsd, netflix, nycbug, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, ssh, status report, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    Automation and Hacking Your FreeBSD CLI, Run your own instant messaging service on FreeBSD, Watch Netflix on FreeBSD, HardenedBSD January 2023 Status Report, How To Set Up SSH Keys With YubiKey as two-factor authentication, OpenSSH fixes double-free memory bug that’s pokable over the network, A late announcement, but better late than never, Next NYC*BUG and more

  • 495: Limited Jail Time

    February 23rd, 2023  |  30 mins 18 secs
    berkeley, bsd, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, fourth quarter, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, hello system, howto, interview, jails, limit, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, parallel port, ports, release, resource limits, resource use, shell, software, solbournes, space, status report, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    FreeBSD Status Report Fourth Quarter 2022, How to limit a jail, the parallel port, Hello System 0.8, Solbournes in space, and more

  • 494: Unix workstation extinction

    February 16th, 2023  |  46 mins 45 secs
    bastille, berkeley, bsd, comparison, dataset, deciding, decision, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, factors, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jail manager, jails, login, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, ssh, storage, trident, trueos, tunnel, tutorial, unix, visual guide, workstation, zfs, zpool

    Mass extinction of UNIX workstations, Determine Who Can Log In to an SSH Server, Factors When Considering FreeBSD vs. Linux Packages, A Visual Guide to SSH Tunnels, Harvesting the Noise While it’s Fresh, Bastille - The Jail Manager on FreeBSD, and more

  • 493: Dotfile Management

    February 9th, 2023  |  42 mins 29 secs
    admin, berkeley, bsd, configuration file, data integrity, data security, dataset, development, distribution, dotfiles, dragonflybsd, filesystem, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, management, netbsd, odroid hc4, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, reebsd, release, shell, software, storage, tool, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    Write Admin tools from Day One, Differentiating between Data Security and Data Integrity, 45 year-old Unix tool is finally getting an upgrade, OpenBSD 7.2 on an ODROID-HC4, Dotfiles Management, and more

  • 492: Feeling for NetBSD

    February 2nd, 2023  |  38 mins 43 secs
    amd64, architecture, berkeley, bsd, cd, ci, continuous integration, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, execute-only, filesystem, freebsd, gcc, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, modula-2, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, qa, quality assurance, release, rust, shell, software, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    Writing your own operating system, Continuous Integration and Quality Assurance Update, feeling for the NetBSD community, Testing wanted: execute-only on amd64, GCC uses Modula-2 and Rust, do they work on OpenBSD, Unix is dead; long live Unix, and more

  • 491: Catch the Spammers

    January 26th, 2023  |  42 mins 18 secs
    berkeley, binary compatibility, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, ebook, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, leaks, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, reproducible builds, shell, software, spam, spam trap, storage, summit, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, unix shell prompt, venice, zfs, zpool

    Dragonfly BSD 6.4 is out, Running OpenZFS – Choosing Between FreeBSD and Linux, OpenBSD Mastery: Filesystems ebook leaks, catching 71% spam, crazy unix shell prompts, Linux Binary Compatibility: Ubuntu on FreeBSD, Reproducible Builds Summit Venice 2022, and more

  • 490: New Year’s Plan9’ing

    January 19th, 2023  |  46 mins 13 secs
    berkeley, bsd, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, kde, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, plan9, ports, release, shell, software, status report, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vintage computing, zfs, zpool

    FreeBSD Foundation’s Software Development review of 2022, what can we learn from Vintage Computing, OpenBSD KDE Status Report 2022, a Decade of HardenedBSD, In Praise of Plan9, and more

  • 489: Refreshing Perspective

    January 12th, 2023  |  36 mins 11 secs
    active directory, berkeley, bsd, dataset, dhcp server, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, hdmi sound output, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, networking, open source, openbsd, openiked, operating system, os, packages, plasma 5 gui, ports, release, samba, shell, software, storage, tmux, trident, trueos, tutorial, tv speakers, unix, zfs, zpool

    FreeBSD vs. Linux – Networking, HDMI sound output through TV speakers on FreeBSD 13, Getting started with tmux, Samba Active Directory, OpenIKED 7.2 released, FreeBSD Plasma 5 GUI Install, DHCP server howto in German, and more

  • 488: Old ping(8) bug

    January 5th, 2023  |  35 mins 25 secs
    authentication gateway, berkeley, bsd, bug, dataset, debugging, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, foundation, freebsd, fundraising, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, internet of things, interview, iot, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ping, ports, release, shell, software, ssh, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    Finding a 24 year old bug in ping(8), The Role of Operating Systems in IOT, Authentication gateway with SSH on OpenBSD, FreeBSD 12.4 is out, and more

  • 487: EuroBSDcon Interviews Pt. 2

    December 29th, 2022  |  34 mins 19 secs
    berkeley, bsd, bsd.tv, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, john baldwin, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, storage, trident, trip report, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    This year end episode of BSDNow features a trip report to EuroBSDcon by Mr. BSD.tv, as well as an interview with FreeBSD committer John Baldwin. Happy New Year, 2023!

  • 486: EuroBSDcon interviews

    December 22nd, 2022  |  39 mins 1 sec
    berkeley, brooks davis, bsd, dataset, distribution, donate, donation, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, olivier cochard-labbe, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, year-end fundraising, zfs, zpool

    This special episode features two interviews we did at EuroBSDcon in Vienna this year. We talk with FreeBSD developers about how they got started, their current projects and more. Also, consider donating to your favorite BSD Foundation to keep the projects going.