web02.fireside.fm Thu, 21 May 2026 17:05:40 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) BSD Now - Episodes Tagged with “Brian Kernighan” https://www.bsdnow.tv/tags/brian%20kernighan Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0400 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. en-us episodic A weekly podcast and the place to B...SD JT Pennington 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. no berkeley,freebsd,openbsd,netbsd,dragonflybsd,trueos,trident,hardenedbsd,tutorial,howto,guide,bsd,interview JT Pennington feedback@bsdnow.tv 633: Magical Systems Thinking https://www.bsdnow.tv/633 4d736424-c75d-48e7-bd89-87f4b4a6fa41 Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0400 JT Pennington full JT Pennington ZFS Features, Roadmap, and Innovations, Magical systems thinking, How VMware’s Debt-Fueled Acquisition Is Killing Open Source, OpenSSH 10.1 Released, KDE Plasma 6 Wayland on FreeBSD, Unix Co-Creator Brian Kernighan on Rust, Distros and NixOS, Balkanization of the Internet, GhostBSD 25.02 adds 'Gershwin' desktop for a Mac-like twist, and more 1:06:46 no <p>ZFS Features, Roadmap, and Innovations, Magical systems thinking, How VMware’s Debt-Fueled Acquisition Is Killing Open Source, OpenSSH 10.1 Released, KDE Plasma 6 Wayland on FreeBSD, Unix Co-Creator Brian Kernighan on Rust, Distros and NixOS, Balkanization of the Internet, GhostBSD 25.02 adds 'Gershwin' desktop for a Mac-like twist, and more</p> <p><strong><em>NOTES</em></strong></p> <p>This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by <a href="https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tarsnap</a> and the <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">BSDNow Patreon</a></p> <h2>Headlines</h2> <p><a href="https://klarasystems.com/articles/zfs-new-features-roadmap-innovations?utm_source=BSD%20Now&amp;utm_medium=Podcast" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">What the Future Brings – ZFS Features, Roadmap, and Innovations</a></p> <hr> <p><a href="https://worksinprogress.co/issue/magical-systems-thinking" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Magical systems thinking</a></p> <hr> <p><a href="https://fastcode.io/2025/08/30/the-69-billion-domino-effect-how-vmwares-debt-fueled-acquisition-is-killing-open-source-one-repository-at-a-time" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The $69 Billion Domino Effect: How VMware’s Debt-Fueled Acquisition Is Killing Open Source, One Repository at a Time</a></p> <hr> <h2>News Roundup</h2> <p><a href="https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-10.1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">OpenSSH 10.1 Released</a></p> <hr> <p><a href="https://euroquis.nl/kde/2025/09/07/wayland.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">KDE Plasma 6 Wayland on FreeBSD</a></p> <hr> <p><a href="https://thenewstack.io/unix-co-creator-brian-kernighan-on-rust-distros-and-nixos" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Unix Co-Creator Brian Kernighan on Rust, Distros and NixOS</a></p> <hr> <p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/27/ghostbsd_2502/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">GhostBSD 25.02 adds 'Gershwin' desktop for a Mac-like twist</a></p> <hr> <h2>Beastie Bits</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo_8gnWQ4xo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Adventures in porting a Wayland Compositor to NetBSD and OpenBSD by Jeff Frasca</a></li> </ul> <hr> <h2>Tarsnap</h2> <p>This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups.</p> <h2>Feedback/Questions</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/633/feedback/Kylen%20-%20CVEs.md" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Kylen - CVEs</a></li> </ul> <hr> <ul> <li><p>Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to <a href="mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">feedback@bsdnow.tv</a></p></li> <li><p>Join us and other BSD Fans in our <a href="https://t.me/bsdnow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">BSD Now Telegram channel</a></p></li> </ul> <hr> freebsd, openbsd, netbsd, dragonflybsd, trueos, hardenedbsd, tutorial, howto, guide, bsd, operating system, os, open source, foss, shell, cli, unix, tools, utility, berkeley, software, distribution, development, code, programming, release, zfs, zpool, dataset, filesystem, storage, ports, packages, jails, interview, features, roadmap, innovations, systems thinking, magical, debt-fueled acquisition, kde plasma 6, wayland, brian Kernighan, rust, distro, nixos, ghostbsd, gershwin, mac-like ZFS Features, Roadmap, and Innovations, Magical systems thinking, How VMware’s Debt-Fueled Acquisition Is Killing Open Source, OpenSSH 10.1 Released, KDE Plasma 6 Wayland on FreeBSD, Unix Co-Creator Brian Kernighan on Rust, Distros and NixOS, Balkanization of the Internet, GhostBSD 25.02 adds 'Gershwin' desktop for a Mac-like twist, and more

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Headlines

What the Future Brings – ZFS Features, Roadmap, and Innovations

Magical systems thinking

The $69 Billion Domino Effect: How VMware’s Debt-Fueled Acquisition Is Killing Open Source, One Repository at a Time

News Roundup

OpenSSH 10.1 Released

KDE Plasma 6 Wayland on FreeBSD

Unix Co-Creator Brian Kernighan on Rust, Distros and NixOS

GhostBSD 25.02 adds 'Gershwin' desktop for a Mac-like twist

Beastie Bits

Tarsnap

This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups.

Feedback/Questions

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NOTES

This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap and the BSDNow Patreon

Headlines

What the Future Brings – ZFS Features, Roadmap, and Innovations

Magical systems thinking

The $69 Billion Domino Effect: How VMware’s Debt-Fueled Acquisition Is Killing Open Source, One Repository at a Time

News Roundup

OpenSSH 10.1 Released

KDE Plasma 6 Wayland on FreeBSD

Unix Co-Creator Brian Kernighan on Rust, Distros and NixOS

GhostBSD 25.02 adds 'Gershwin' desktop for a Mac-like twist

Beastie Bits

Tarsnap

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]]> 485: FreeBSD Home Assistant https://www.bsdnow.tv/485 b7197ea6-5468-43f4-bd01-fa80aeecc72e Thu, 15 Dec 2022 03:00:00 -0500 JT Pennington full JT Pennington Tails of the M1 GPU, Getting Home Assistant running in a FreeBSD 13.1 jail, interview with AWK creator Dr. Brian Kernighan, Next steps toward mimmutable, Unix's (technical) history is mostly old now, and more 43:32 no <p>Tails of the M1 GPU, Getting Home Assistant running in a FreeBSD 13.1 jail, interview with AWK creator Dr. Brian Kernighan, Next steps toward mimmutable, Unix's (technical) history is mostly old now, and more</p> <p><strong><em>NOTES</em></strong><br> This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by <a href="https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tarsnap</a> and the <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">BSDNow Patreon</a></p> <h2>Headlines</h2> <h3><a href="https://asahilinux.org/2022/11/tales-of-the-m1-gpu/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tails of the M1 GPU</a></h3> <hr> <h3><a href="https://dan.langille.org/2022/08/27/getting-home-assistant-running-in-a-freebsd-13-1-jail/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Getting Home Assistant running in a FreeBSD 13.1 jail</a></h3> <hr> <h2>News Roundup</h2> <h3><a href="https://pldb.com/posts/brianKernighan.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">A brief interview with AWK creator Dr. Brian Kernighan</a></h3> <hr> <h3><a href="https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20221120115616" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Next steps toward mimmutable, from deraadt@</a></h3> <hr> <h3><a href="https://utcc.utoronto.ca/%7Ecks/space/blog/unix/UnixHistoryMostlyOldNow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Unix's (technical) history is mostly old now</a></h3> <hr> <h3>MWL Update</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://mwl.io/archives/22392" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Fediverse Servers, plus mac_portacl on FreeBSD</a></li> <li><a href="https://mwl.io/archives/22399" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Fifty Books. Thirty Years. What Next?</a></li> <li><a href="https://mwl.io/archives/22423" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Mailing List Freebies</a></li> </ul> <hr> <h2>Beastie Bits</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://blog.ignoranthack.me/?p=686" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">More #FreeBSD Power Saving Notes</a></li> <li><a href="https://hackerstations.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Hacker Stations</a></li> <li><a href="https://eklitzke.org/the-cult-of-dd" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Cult of DD</a></li> <li> <a href="https://airyx.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">RavynOS</a> <ul> <li>ravynOS (previously called airyxOS) is an open-source operating system based on FreeBSD, CMU Mach, and Apple open-source code that aims to be compatible with macOS applications and has no hardware restrictions.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <hr> <h3>Tarsnap</h3> <ul> <li><p>This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups.</p></li> <li> <p>Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to <a href="mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">feedback@bsdnow.tv</a></p> <hr> </li> </ul> freebsd, openbsd, netbsd, dragonflybsd, trueos, trident, hardenedbsd, tutorial, howto, guide, bsd, operating system, open source, shell, unix, os, berkeley, software, distribution, release, zfs, zpool, dataset, filesystem, storage, ports, packages, jails, interview, M1 GPU, graphics processing unit, apple, home assistant, jail, awk, Brian Kernighan, mimmutable, history Tails of the M1 GPU, Getting Home Assistant running in a FreeBSD 13.1 jail, interview with AWK creator Dr. Brian Kernighan, Next steps toward mimmutable, Unix's (technical) history is mostly old now, and more

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Headlines

Tails of the M1 GPU

Getting Home Assistant running in a FreeBSD 13.1 jail

News Roundup

A brief interview with AWK creator Dr. Brian Kernighan

Next steps toward mimmutable, from deraadt@

Unix's (technical) history is mostly old now

MWL Update

Beastie Bits

Tarsnap

  • This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups.

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NOTES
This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap and the BSDNow Patreon

Headlines

Tails of the M1 GPU

Getting Home Assistant running in a FreeBSD 13.1 jail

News Roundup

A brief interview with AWK creator Dr. Brian Kernighan

Next steps toward mimmutable, from deraadt@

Unix's (technical) history is mostly old now

MWL Update

Beastie Bits

Tarsnap

  • This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups.

  • Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv

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