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
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507: Michael W. Lucas Interview
May 18th, 2023 | 58 mins 41 secs
author, berkeley, book, bsd, chatgpt, cli, conferences, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, events, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, mail server, michael w. lucas, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, writing, zfs, zpool
Author Michael W. Lucas joins us in this interview to talk about his latest book projects. Find out what he’s up to regarding mail servers, conferences, his views on ChatGPT, and more.
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506: A greener BSD
May 11th, 2023 | 32 mins 4 secs
berkeley, bsd, bsdcan, cli, comparison, converter, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, green computing, guide, hardenedbsd, hello systems, howto, interview, inverter, jails, netbsd, nut, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, status report q1 2023, storage, storage solution, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
Comparing Modern Open-Source Storage Solutions, FreeBSD Q1 Status Report, Hello Systems 0.8.1 Release, OpenBSD: Managing an inverter/converter with NUT, Tips for Running a Greener FreeBSD, BSDCAN Registration open
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505: BSD Desktop Setup
May 4th, 2023 | 29 mins 26 secs
berkeley, booking, bsd, burger books, cinnamon desktop, cli, datacenter, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, energy efficiency, filesystem, freebsd, from scratch, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, xmonad, zfs, zpool
OpenBSD 7.3 released, Accelerating Datacenter Energy Efficiency by Leveraging FreeBSD as Your Server OS, install Cinnamon as a Desktop environment, xmonad FreeBSD set up from scratch, Burgr books in your terminal, and more
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504: Release the BSD
April 27th, 2023 | 36 mins 6 secs
agent, authentication, berkeley, block size, bsd, cli, connection, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, dtrace, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, identity, interview, iscsi, jails, midnightbsd, netbsd, nfs, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, public key, release, shell, software, ssh, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, virtual server, zfs, zpool
FreeBSD 13.2 Release, Using DTrace to find block sizes of ZFS, NFS, and iSCSI, Midnight BSD 3.0.1, Closing a stale SSH connection, How to automatically add identity to the SSH authentication agent, Pros and Cons of FreeBSD for virtual Servers, and more
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503: Fast Unix Commands
April 20th, 2023 | 36 mins 54 secs
awk, berkeley, bsd, cli, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, fascination, fast commands, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, namespaces, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, optimization, os, packages, plan 9, ports, release, shell, software, ssh host certificates, storage, success story, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
ZFS Optimization Success Stories, Linux Namespaces Are a Poor Man's Plan 9 Namespaces, better support for SSH host certificates, Fast Unix Commands, Fascination with AWK, and more
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502: Ping from Hell
April 13th, 2023 | 35 mins 41 secs
audit, berkeley, bsd, cli, clock, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, hell, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbgpd, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, performance, ping, ports, reason, release, shell, software, storage, time, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
5 Key reasons for a OpenZFS Performance Audit, The Ping from Hell, OpenBGPD 7.9 released, Setting the clock ahead to see what breaks, and more
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501: Boot that Snapshot
April 6th, 2023 | 38 mins 2 secs
bastille, berkeley, bsd, bsdcan 2023, cli, dataset, development, dhcp, dhcplease, disk encryption, distribution, dragonflybsd, dtrace, filesystem, freebsd, freebsd journal, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, nextcloud, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, storage, storage management, template, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
Nextcloud + OpenBSD = <3, Understanding the Origins of DTrace, Bastille Templates for FreeBSD Jails, Initial support for guided disk encryption in the OpenBSD installer, Dynamic host configuration please, OpenBSD Storage Management tutorial at BSDCan 2023, Jan/Feb 2023 Column Out in the FreeBSD Journal, and more
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500: Guarding the Wire
March 30th, 2023 | 36 mins 18 secs
audit, auditing, berkeley, bsd, cli, dataset, development, distribution, dma, dragonfly mail agent, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, fzf, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, performance, ports, postfix, release, shell, software, storage, thinkpad, trident, trueos, tutorial, unbound, unix, vpn, wireguard, x201, zfs, zpool
Wireguard VPN Server with Unbound on OpenBSD, Auditing for OpenZFS Storage Performance, OpenBSD 7.2 on a Thinkpad X201, Practical Guides to fzf, Replacing postfix with dma, and more
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499: Dan Langille Interview
March 23rd, 2023 | 40 mins 20 secs
berkeley, bsd, bsdcan, cli, conference, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, r730, release, server, setup, shell, software, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
We’re interviewing Dan Langille about his new server project. He’ll talk to us about the things he’s building, some of which are a bit out of the ordinary. We’re also talking about BSDCan 2023 and what to expect after returning to an in-presence conference format. Enjoy!
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498: Dropping Privileges
March 16th, 2023 | 42 mins 58 secs
berkeley, bsd, cli, dataset, development, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, storage, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool
OpenZFS auditing for storage Performance, Privilege drop; privilege separation; and restricted-service operating mode in OpenBSD, OPNsense 23.1.1 release, Cloning a System with Ansible, FOSDEM 2023, BSDCan 2023 Travel Grants
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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
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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