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

  • 472: Consistent Exit Code

    September 15th, 2022  |  45 mins 22 secs
    berkeley, boot support, bsd, dataset, distribution, dma, documentation, dragonfly mail agent, dragonflybsd, filesystem, framework, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, laptop, mail agent, mail delivery, muxfs, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, raid 1c, release, shell, software, stable abi, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, win32, zfs, zpool

    FreeBSD on the Framework Laptop, Win32 is the only stable ABI on Linux, why OpenBSD’s documentation is so good, configure dma for mail delivery in jails on internet hosts, introducing muxfs, RAID1C boot support, and more

  • 471: De-Penguinization

    September 8th, 2022  |  49 mins 8 secs
    berkeley, bsd, configuration, configuring, dataset, de-penguin, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hackathon, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, openiked, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, rk2k22, rpki-client, shell, software, ten things, to do, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, users, zfs, zpool

    Ten Things To Do After Installing FreeBSD, BSD for Linux users, r2k22 Hackathon Report on rpki-client, Configuring OpenIKED, De-Penguin Me, and more

  • 470: 0mp interview

    September 1st, 2022  |  52 mins 38 secs
    berkeley, bsd, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    In this special episode, we are interviewing Mateusz Piotrowski about his various roles in the FreeBSD project, his ports work, and a few other interesting things he’s involved with. Enjoy this interview episode, we’ll be back with a regular episode next week.

  • 469: Ctrl-C Reset

    August 25th, 2022  |  42 mins 30 secs
    berkeley, bsd, control-c, ctrl-c, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, fast, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, linuxulator, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, optimization, optimize, os, packages, ports, q2 2022, quarterly status report, release, reset, science, shell, slack, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, yes, zfs, zpool

    FreeBSD Q2 2022 Status Report, FreeBSD in Science, fastest yes(1) in the west, Why Programmers Can’t "Reset" Programs With Ctrl-C, Run Slack in FreeBSD’s Linuxulator, and more.

  • 468: Apples and CHERI

    August 18th, 2022  |  38 mins 19 secs
    advocacy, advocation, apple silicon, arm64, berkeley, bringup, bsd, cheri, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, first time, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, k desktop environment, kde, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, opnsense, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    Advocating for FreeBSD in 2022 and Beyond, NetBSD 9.3 released, OPNsense 22.7 available, CHERI-based computer runs KDE for the first time, Run FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE for ARM64 in QEMU on Apple Silicon Mac, and more

  • 467: Minecraft on NetBSD

    August 11th, 2022  |  48 mins 30 secs
    berkeley, bsd, cubieboard1, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, httpd, interview, jails, minecraft, netbsd, open source, openbgpd, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, relayd, release, self-hosting, shell, shell history, software, static website, static-site, story, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, unix command, yes, zfs, zpool

    Installing BSDs on Cubieboard1, Self-hosting a static site with OpenBSD, httpd, and relayd, NetBSD can also run a Minecraft server, A Little Story About the yes Unix Command, Shell History: Unix, OpenBGPD 7.5 released, and more

  • 466: cat(1)’s efficiency

    August 4th, 2022  |  53 mins 39 secs
    aws ec2, bastille, berkeley, bsd, cat, contributing, contribution, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, efficiency, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, internet of old things, interview, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, software development, speed boost, tls 1.3, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, vnet, zfs, zpool

    Contributing to Open Source Beyond Software Development, bringing TLS 1.3 to the Internet of Old Things, How efficient can cat(1) be, boost the speed of Unix shell programs, Running FreeBSD VNET Jails on AWS EC2 with Bastille, and more

  • 465: Deep Space Debugging

    July 28th, 2022  |  38 mins 45 secs
    asciidoc, berkeley, bsd, dataset, debug, debugging, deep space, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, firewall, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, lisp, lldb, lldb-server, multiprocess support, nasa, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, pf, pf macros, pf tables, ports, release, shell, snapshot, software, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, website, zero dependencies, zfs, zpool

    Debugging Lisp in Deep Space, 0 Dependency Websites with OpenBSD & AsciiDoc, Deleting old snapshots on FreeBSD, Full multiprocess support in lldb-server, Basic fix between pf tables and macros, and more

  • 464: Compiling with kefir

    July 21st, 2022  |  39 mins 20 secs
    analysis, analytics, berkeley, bhyve, bsd, chibicc, compiler, dataset, distribution, domain specific knowledge, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, issue, jails, kefir, netbsd, new edition, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, ssd, status report, trident, trim, trim support, trueos, tutorial, unix, webzine, zfs, zpool

    From 0 to bhyve on FreeBSD, Analyze OpenBSD’s Kernel with Domain-Specific Knowledge, OpenBSD Webzine: ISSUE #10, HardenedBSD June 2022 Status Report, two new C compilers: chibicc and kefir in OpenBSD, SSD TRIM in NetBSD HEAD, and more

  • 463: The 1.0 Legend

    July 14th, 2022  |  55 mins 11 secs
    1993, audio, base vs. ports, berkeley, bhyve, bsd, compiler, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hacker news, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, legend, llvm, netbsd, netgraph, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, release, shell, software, trident, truenas 13, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    Differences between base and ports LLVM in OpenBSD, Netgraph for FreeBSD’s bhyve Networking, Audio on FreeBSD – Quick Guide, FreeBSD’s Legend starts at 1.0, Hacker News running by FreeBSD, TrueNAS 13, and more

  • 462: OpenBSD Sales Pitch

    July 7th, 2022  |  53 mins 49 secs
    autoconf, berkeley, bsd, cache, caching, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jailed application, jails, netbsd, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, ports, rc.d, release, sales, salesperson, selling, shell, software, speed, speedup, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, yubikey, zfs, zpool

    The Design and Implementation of the NetBSD rc.d system, selling OpenBSD as a salesperson, Speeding up autoconf with caching, Allowing non-root execution of a jailed application, Configure login(1) and sshd(8) for YubiKey on OpenBSD, and more.

  • 461: Persistent Memory Allocation

    June 30th, 2022  |  49 mins 40 secs
    berkeley, bsd, cgit, color, colorize, dataset, distribution, dragonflybsd, filesystem, freebsd, gitolite, guide, hardenedbsd, howto, interview, jails, memory allocation, netbsd, nginx, open source, openbsd, operating system, os, packages, persistent memory, ports, quarterly, release, shell, software, status report, trident, trueos, tutorial, unix, zfs, zpool

    Q1 FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report 2022, Nginx on OpenBSD 7.1, Persistent Memory Allocation, Colorize your BSD shell, cgit With Gitolite and Nginx on FreeBSD 13, and more